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Ban on 100% mortgages planned

The economic crisis has led to most financial institutions withdrawing 100% home loans - but the Prime Minister wants to make sure that they do not return when the recession is over. Mr Brown also aims to persuade banks to refuse to give loans to ...

Last 100% home loan is axed by Abbey

Along with the Woolwich and Alliance & Leicester, Abbey also hiked the cost of its loans, in the latest of a series of moves to tighten the grip on the mortgage market. On Friday Britain's biggest building society, the Nationwide, will reveal plans ...

Mortgage trouble: Fight to keep your home

As the economy stumbles into recession, the Government has announced measures to ensure lenders do all they can before repossessing the homes of those who fall behind with their mortgage payments. In practice, though, lenders' legal rights to ...

Mortgage deals to track down | HSBC | Nationwide | First Direct tracker mortgages | This is Money

Wednesday, October 22, 2008
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Predictions of massive falls in the Bank of England base rate have made tracker mortgages hugely popular in the past fortnight. As a result, many of the best deals are disappearing fast. ...

Lender pulls first-time buyer trackers | This is Money

Thursday, October 09, 2008
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One of Britain's biggest mortgage lenders has pulled home loan deals that would have allowed first-time buyers to benefit from yesterday's emergency bank ...

B&B is fresh blow to buy-to-let investors | This is Money

Sep 29, 2008
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Bradford & Bingley's demise will be a blow for buy-to-let investors, many of whom took advantage of the formerly generous rates offered to buy additional ...

One in ten mortgage deals axed in a day | This is Money

Tuesday, September 30, 2008
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A record number of mortgage deals were scrapped yesterday in the wake of the Bradford & Bingley collapse. Predictions of buy-to-let's demise continue but ...

One in ten mortgage deals axed in a day | This is Money

Tuesday, September 30, 2008
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A record number of home loan deals were scrapped on a mortgage Black Monday in the wake of the Brad ford & Bingley collapse. Predictions of buy-to-let's ...

Mortgage rate rise adds to the misery

2. Nobody HAS to have a fixed rate mortgage. As fixed rates rise, what happens in reality is that fewer people choose fixed rates, and more people choose tracker rates which are - generally - lower in any case.

B&B is fresh blow to buy-to-let investors | This is Money

Sep 29, 2008
This is Money, UK -
Bradford & Bingley's demise will be a blow for buy-to-let investors, many of whom took advantage of the formerly generous rates offered to buy additional ...

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