How hard is it to afford a house?

The country has had a decade of almost continuously booming house prices.

They are still rising briskly and continue to outstrip the rise in people's incomes.

Yet mortgage borrowing is thriving with no obvious sign of a slowdown.

And warnings that high More...
The difficult birth of home sales packs

When the idea of Home Information Packs (HIPs) was first mooted way-back in 1997 hopes were high.

HIPs were supposed to make the whole home buying process simpler, easier, quicker and ensure that fewer sales broke down.

Who could argue with all that?

W More...
What will happen next to house prices?

Whether the UK housing market booms or goes bust is as about as hot a conversation topic as you can get.

No surprise really.

After all, for millions of Britons their property is not just a roof over their heads it is a passport to financial security and even a pensio More...
Mortgage equity withdrawal robust

The amount of money people are borrowing against the value of their homes is rising, official figures show.

Homeowners released an estimated £14.6bn in the final quarter of 2006 through mortgage equity withdrawal, the Bank of England said.

Mortgage equity withd More...
Property woe for public workers

Public sector workers such as teachers, nurses, police and firefighters cannot afford to buy homes in seven out of 10 UK towns, the Halifax bank has said.

Halifax arrived at its conclusions by dividing average regional property prices by average annual wages.

It said More...
Offset home loan numbers 'surge'

The number of offset mortgages has surged in the past year, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has said.

Last year, 170,000 offset mortgages, worth nearly £30bn, were taken out, a 49% increase over the past year.

Experts suggest that the increased popularity More...

 
 
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