Mortgage News: October 2005
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to it for the best fixes
Published: October 29, 2005 (business.timesonline.co.uk)
Lenders are being forced to withdraw their cut price deals, says Rebecca
O'Connor.
The
FSA celebrates one year as mortgage industry regulators
Published: 26 October 2005 (ukmortgageinfo.com)
The Financial Services Authority has now been regulating the mortgage
industry in the UK since the 31st of October 2004.
Equity
release gets cheaper
Published: 20 October 2005 (thisismoney.co.uk)
THE cost of boosting your income in retirement by releasing equity in
your home is tumbling as competition hots up.
Double
your mortgage in minutes
Published: 19 October 2005 (money.independent.co.uk)
A new method to calculate how much a home-buyer can borrow has winners
and losers, writes Stephen Pritchard.
Retirees
look to equity
Published: 18 October 05 (ageconcern.org.uk)
Increasing numbers of homeowners plan to use their home's equity to
fund retirement, new figures suggest.
Borrowers
urged to pick long-term fixed mortgages
Published: October 16, 2005 (business.timesonline.co.uk)
Britain’s biggest building society thinks we should all play safe
and take out five-year deals. By Kathryn Cooper.
Mortgage
madness
Published: 16 October 2005 (thisismoney.co.uk)
BANKS are tearing up the rules limiting the amounts homebuyers can borrow
and encouraging them to take on enormous mortgages.
Mixed
view of mortgage rules
Published: 15 October 2005 (thisismoney.co.uk)
LONGER queues, more expensive mortgages but much better protection –
that is the verdict of mortgage industry experts one year on from M-day.
First-time
buyers turn to families for financial aid
Published: Oct 13 2005 (icwales.icnetwork.co.uk)
The 'Bank of Mum and Dad' is propping up the first-time buyers housing
market.
And
mortgages become more affordable
Published: 07 October 05 (residentiallandlord.co.uk)
Adding to the spate of generally positive housing market indicators,
the Woolwich Mortgage Affordability Survey has reported that the cost
of servicing mortgages fell in September.
Lenders
rapped for unfair fees on mortgages
Published: October 02 2005 (business.timesonline.co.uk)
The City watchdog is clamping down on firms that have hiked the cost
of quitting their home loans, writes Jessica Bown.
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