Tag Result: higher interest rates
House purchase and external remortgage activity weak in Q2 – UK Finance
Mortgage borrowing activity remained subdued in Q2 despite a recovery in consumer confiden...
Housing affordability improves but higher rates offset gains – Halifax
The house price to income ratio has eased to 6.7 times average earnings, down from a peak ...
Equity release hits seven-year quarterly low as lending falls to £664m in Q2 – ERC
Total lending across the equity release sector reached £664m in Q2, making it the quietes...
Alexander Hall’s revenue slips to £4.2m as homebuying activity falls
Alexander Hall, the financial services subsidiary of Foxtons, has reported a 12 per cent a...
Monthly mortgage payments could rise by £220 when deals end this year – BoE
The average homeowner should expect to see their monthly mortgage payments increase by aro...
Mortgagors could lose a fifth of disposable income to interest rate rises – IFS
Mortgage holders could see their disposable income reduced by up to 20 per cent because of...
The mortgage industry needs to ‘avoid sensationalism and knee-jerk reactions’, says IMLA
The fear of the impact of mortgage rate rises on homeowners and landlords must not be over...
Santander flags £5bn of mortgages as higher risk and warns of market slowdown
Santander has moved £5bn worth of mortgages from the Stage 1 category to Stage 2 in 2022,...
Majority of remortgagors opt for five-year fixes as activity dips – LMS
Five-year fixes were the most popular mortgage for borrowers who refinanced in December bu...
Gross mortgage lending predicted to reach £310bn in 2022 – IMLA
The mortgage market has remained “resilient” throughout the year with gross mortgage l...