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Bank of England eases mortgage lending rules
The Bank of England (BoE) has announced changes to its mortgage lending regulations, allowing British banks and building ...
Around 2.5 million households, or 28% of mortgage holders, will see their bills fall in the next three years. Meanwhile, ...
British banks and building societies will be able to issue more potentially risky mortgages, the Bank of England said on Wednesday, as it sought to help the government's push to boost home ownership.
Research by property website Rightmove shows that more first-time buyers are looking to purchase within cities, excluding ...
Tens of thousands more Britons will be able to get on the housing ladder after the Bank of England relaxed lending rules for first-time buyers.
LONDON, July 9 (Reuters) - British banks and building societies will be able issue more mortgages at high loan-to-income ...
Barclays have also announced five-year terms which offer sub-4 per cent rates, while two products for new purchases offered three-year fixes at only just over the 4 per cent mark. It follows the likes ...
The Bank of England is issuing "looser" mortgage rules to help first-time buyers get on the property ladder under the Labour ...
The nation's biggest lenders are competing to attract new borrowers in a sluggish housing market by offering up tasty rates.
The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted to hold interest rates at 4.25% in June. The move was expected in light of annual inflation rem ...
MORTGAGE lenders have been slashing rates, with two-year deals now at the lowest they’ve been in almost three years. The average two-year fixed mortgage currently has an interest rate of ...
These mortgages 'track' the Bank of England base rate, plus a set margin - for example, the base rate plus 1%. Like fixed-rate mortgages, these deals tend to last for a set number of years before ...