Barclays adds two more NewBuy products to mortgage range

Barclays adds two more NewBuy products to mortgage range – Mortgage StrategyBarclays is adding two NewBuy mortgages to its product range tomorrow and cutting the rate on a four-year fix up to 90 per cent LTV by 0.2 per cent. A three-year NewBuy product is being...

Bank of Ireland doubles and triples tracker mortgage payments

Bank of Ireland doubles and triples tracker mortgage payments – The Guardian OUCH!If you’re sitting pretty on a tracker mortgage, you may not be feeling quite so comfortable after you’ve read about what happened to Gary Smith. On Wednesday he found...

First-time buyer mortgages highest in five years

First-time buyer mortgages highest in five years – The GuardianThe number of first-time buyers entering the housing market reached 216,000 in 2012, the highest in five years and a further sign that the mortgage drought for new borrowers is beginning to ease....

UK house sales hit two-and-a-half year high, Rics survey shows

UK house sales hit two-and-a-half year high, Rics survey shows – The GuardianProperty transactions in the UK reached their highest level in two and a half years as house buyers took advantage of record low interest rates, according to a survey of estate agents....

Lending schemes ‘boosting mortgages’

The UK mortgage market has been boosted by government schemes to help first-time buyers, according to homebuilder Redrow. The company praised the government-backed NewBuy scheme, which enables people to get a 95% mortgage. Redrow also said the market had been helped...

National self-build week launches

National self-build week launches – Mortgage IntroducerThe news of the initiative coincides with the results of an exclusive Ipsos MORI poll, which shows that around six million people in Briton are currently planning or researching how to build a home for...