Borrowers will find it harder to take out a competitive new home loan from Woolwich, the mortgage brand of Barclays, after it announced plans to tighten its affordability calculations. An interesting article in the...

90% Mortgages - November 09 Although the market has been quite flat and high LTV mortgages have fast disappeared over the past couple of years new deals are becoming available.  There are currently a few choices for 90% mortgages.    The...

Bank of England Shows Mortgage Approvals Are Tailing Off   Just when the CML released figures that mortgage approvals had risen by 81% the Bank of England has released figures showing the number of new mortgages approved, but not yet lent, has fallen...

Mortgage Approvals Hit A New High   The number of mortgage approvals has increased by 81% when compared to the same month a year ago and more than double the low of 18,330 reached in November 2008.  However the British Bankers’ Association (BBA)...