But to let mortgages

But to let mortgages

Buy-to-let investors have been hit by the mortgage squeeze alongside other homeowners, according to new figures from UK lenders. New buy-to-let loans fell to 144,600 in the first half of 2008, an 18% dip compared with the previous six months, and the ...

Buy-to-let mortgage demand falls - BBC News

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Imperial deal points to a richer route out of Russia - Financial Times

Soaring numbers of buy-to-let landlords are struggling to pay their loans or having their properties repossessed, figures revealed yesterday. Between January and June, nearly 1,800 buy-to-let properties were repossessed - twice as many as the same ...

Buy-to-let failure rate doubles in a year - This is Money

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S.F. lender to students is clearing out - San Francisco Gate

The crisis facing Britain's housing market was highlighted yesterday by figures showing that mortgage approvals have plummeted 65% in the past 12 months while buy-to-let lending has also declined sharply this year. Only 22,448 mortgages were approved ...

Home loans: Mortgage approvals plunge by 65% - Guardian Unlimited

T  he risk of a downward spiral of house prices is the primary danger facing the American economy. Because of the structure of securitised mortgage finance, this risk has the potential to cause a global financial crisis. Both of these problems will ...

How to shore up America’s crumbling housing market - Financial Times

Tim asked me a question this week that's been asked of many recently—here's his chime into the Greek chorus: When do you personally feel the overall US economy will turn for the better? My hunch, Tim, is that we're almost halfway there. The ...

Economy Will Improve -- But When? - CNBC

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

First came the health problems. Then, unable to work, Ada Noda watched the bills pile up. And then, suffocating in debt, the 80-year-old did something she never thought she'd be forced to do. She declared bankruptcy. While the bankruptcy filing rate ...

Study: Bankruptcies soar for senior citizens - Forbes

The economic downturn has seen a dramatic reduction in the number of mortgages approved as consumers show an increasing reluctance to take out loans and a determination to tackle their credit card debt. Figures released on Tuesday showed that the ...