Best value mortgages

Best value mortgages

Deposits for the best mortgage deals have soared by 43 per cent since the start of the credit crunch a year ago, figures show. A typical homebuyer in England and Wales now needs to stump up £37,119 as a deposit to qualify for the most competitive ...

Borrowers need £37,000 deposit for best mortgages - Times Online

I've received a ton of mail from you all about mortgages, managing debt and investing wisely. I've highlighted a pair of emails below with some answers that I hope you find helpful. Stay tuned for much more on these hot-button issues... Carmen: I don ...

Mailbag: Explaining "Good" Debt - CNBC

Mortgage approvals for house purchases last month fell 65% compared to a year ago, according to latest figures, and remain near the record low set in June. The British Bankers' Association (BBA) said the number of mortgages approved in July totalled ...

New mortgage approvals down 65% on last year - Guardian Unlimited

Offers for less than the full price are due by noon Oct. 10 to buy Olympia Brewery in Tumwater and several other properties in Washington, said Colliers International Puget Sound of Olympia. A buyer willing to pay the full price can disburse $44 ...

Business Briefing - Seattle Post Intelligencer

On the record Time coffee featuring Obama campaign manager David Plouffe: Plouffe argued for paying less attention to the ups and downs of the polls because a) Obama would beat McCain on turnout and b) swing voters would probably break one way or ...

Plouffe Whistles Plus: Obama's failed fight-back - Slate

Provident Bankshares Corp. Chief Executive Gary Geisel said yesterday that the bank's long-term strategy is to remain independent, despite an analyst report that says the Baltimore-based company could be an attractive takeover candidate. Stifel ...

No desire to be taken over, Provident says - Baltimore Sun

Keen to move but trapped by the credit crunch? Letting out your house might just get you back on the property ladder. Helen Monks explains the dos and don'ts of becoming a landlord It could be the perfect solution to the gridlocked market for some ...

Could renting solve your housing crisis? - The Independent

Another month has passed, and we still await the single most important data point of this wrenching economic cycle — one offering convincing evidence that the price of existing single-family homes has stopped falling. July came and went without the ...

So much is hinging on a reversal of home values’ decline - Kansas City Star

Homebuyers and anyone remortgaging with a decent deposit got a welcome boost last week as a price-cutting war broke out among lenders. First-time buyers will still struggle to get near the best rates but, if you have the capital, there are incentives ...

New loan rate war makes it high time to remortgage - Guardian Unlimited

Food prices up, repossessions up, house prices down… these are troublesome times, especially for people whose monthly debt repayments are taking up valuable funds they need to cope with the ever-increasing cost of living. After years of easy access ...