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Changes to Abbey mortgages

According to recent reports one of the latest high street lenders to make changes to its mortgage offerings if the Abbey, which has recently announced a number of changes. One of the moves made by the bank mirrors moves made by other banks – to reserve best buy mortgages for those with higher deposits to put [...]

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Lehman may withdraw from UK mortgage and lending market

According to a recent report Lehman Brothers, the lending specialists, could be considering withdrawing from the UK market, as the global credit crunch continues to wreak havoc across both the UK and the United States. In a recent report it was claimed that the lending giant was considering suspending lending at its UK subsidiaries, Preferred Mortgages [...]

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Building societies fail to escape credit crunch problems

Since the global credit crunch took a hold in the UK last year, larger banks have been clamouring to raise interest rates, withdraw mortgage deals, and tighten lending criteria in a bid to try and minimise on the damage caused by the crunch, which includes difficulties for lenders in obtaining finance on the wholesale markets [...]

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FSA states 1.4 million could face rising mortgage costs

Over recent months there has been much concern about homeowners that are currently on cheap fixed rate mortgages that are due to come to an end over the coming year. Many homeowners took out fixed rate loans when interest rates were much lower a couple of years ago, but since then interest rates have rocketed with [...]

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