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Inflation figures damp hopes of ease on lending
Borrowers should brace themselves for yet more increases to mortgage rates as the latest jump in inflation and a bleak economic picture renew the pressure on lenders.
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Hips face further delay
Property sellers in the UK will not have to complete information packs on their homes until the end of year.
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Variable rate lending curbs
Banks and building societies are continuing to introduce measures to prevent customers from taking out standard variable rate (SVR) mortgages.
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FT house price index
UK house prices fell by 0.2 per cent in April, while the March figure was revised downward to show a 0.2 per cent fall in the first back-to-back monthly reading of falling house prices since April 1995
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Opportunity knocks on buildings that look less shaky
Just months after commercial property fund valuations fell rapidly, managers are launching more products, citing new opportunities in global real estate
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Brokers warn of further rises in mortgage rates
Mortgage rates are expected to rise again in coming weeks, in spite of the Bank of England's unprecedented intervention to ease liquidity in the banking system.
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Overseas luxury puts UK in the shade
Interested in a flat on the Riviera or overlooking the Neva in St Petersburg? Purchasing homes far from London is tempting given the rise in price of upscale properties elsewhere in 2007.
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Lenders give little solace on mortgages
UK lenders have told Alistair Darling they cannot throw an immediate lifeline to beleaguered mortgage holders by passing on cuts in the base rate
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Scorched by costs of a home in the sun
Britons with euro mortgages can safeguard themselves against further sterling weakness
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Euro's rise makes for uneasy travel reading for some
The pound's record low against the euro impacts share and property investing as well as holidays
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Stump up the deposit
Landlords are having to pump a greater amount of their own capital into their property investments, just as house prices are looking unstable, as more buy-to-let lenders have scaled back their maximum loan sizes.
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Borrowers forced into long-term offers
Borrowers are being priced out of two-year mortgages and are having to lock into longer deals, following sharp increases to short-term interest rates.
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Britain raises alarm on mortgages
A warning to UK homebuyers that mortgage lending could halve this year prompted a pledge from the chancellor, to do 'everything I possibly can' to restore normality
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Now you see them, now you don't
As well as rising interest rates, harsher lending criteria and fewer deals available, one of the biggest problems facing those looking for a mortgage is the rapidity with which new mortgage offers are being withdrawn.
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In case income dries up
With mortgage costs rising and job losses now expected in the financial services and other sectors, homeowners are being advised to protect themselves against loss of income
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From The Financial Times
