With millions of people going back to the first full week of work after the Christmas and New Year break, concerns about mortgage payments now appear to be rearing their heads. The housing charity Shelter has revealed the results of their research into this area, in conjunction with YouGov. Some 59% of those polled back … Continue reading “UK Mortgage Holders Fear Missing Payments after Christmas”

Many people want to know what kind of home loan they can get for a certain figure per month. This figure is typically the maximum they can pay for a loan to help them buy a property. For example, someone may have worked out they can pay up to £1,000 per month as a repayment … Continue reading “What Mortgage Can I Get for £1,000 a Month? Crunching the Numbers”

Investment and insurance provider Legal & General published its 10-point “Mortgage Manifesto” this week. In it, Legal & General detail 10 ways the government, lenders, mortgage brokers, and borrowers themselves can act to help buck up the mortgage market this year. Here, we break down these 10 ideas to see how they could improve the … Continue reading “10 Ways in Which We Can All Help the UK Mortgage Market”

Now we are into 2015 many homeowners will be nervously considering how much longer their mortgage payments will stay as they are. Many experts were warning that the superbly-low interest rates that have been in force for some time were approaching the end of this honeymoon period. As a consequence it was mooted that interest … Continue reading “10-Year Mortgage Rates Launched in New UK Mortgage Price War”