Negative equity

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  Britain is still feasting on credit – and the next crunch will hit in 2016

  30 May 2014: Aditya Chakrabortty: Interest rates won't stay low for much longer. When the cheap loans end the result will be red-letter bills and repossessions

• Negative equity has almost vanished in house price boom

  28 Apr 2014: Some buyers in north of England still suffering as range of indicators suggest economic recovery is broadening

• North-south negative equity divide 'widening'

  20 Jun 2013: Ratings agency S&P says that 13.5% of mortgage borrowers in north-west England are in negative equity, against 0.9% in London and the south-east

• Trapped in negative equity with nowhere to go

  10 Mar 2013: Negative equity and a dearth of first-time buyers have trapped many families wanting to upgrade to a bigger home

• Negative equity plagues homeowners

  2 Feb 2013:

  Council of Mortgage Lenders estimates there are 719,000 households with mortgages that are worth more than the property

• This is no bailout for Main Street America

  9 Feb 2012:

  Richard Wolff: In reality, a $25bn mortgage deal with banks is a drop in the ocean – given US homeowners' $700bn of negative equity

• Mortgage arrears and repossessions set to rise

  15 Dec 2011: Council of Mortgage Lenders' forecast for 2012 predicts a deterioration in number of borrowers behind on their mortgages, and greater pressure on household budgets

• Is capital gains tax payable on a house in negative equity?

  30 Nov 2011: I bought two years ago for £140,000, but now my house is worth about £10,000 less

• Falling house prices trap first homeowners

  15 Nov 2011: First homes bought at the height of the market in 2007 have seen £11,000 wiped off their value, according to HSBC

• Negative equity insurance is not the answer

  9 Sep 2011:

  Negative equity mortgages are slowly creeping into the Irish property market to try and help families unable to sell up to move house

• North-south housing divide is growing, says Standard & Poor's

  15 Aug 2011: Ratings agency says mortgage arrears and negative equity are more widespread in the north than the south, and public sector job cuts mean more northern households could fall behind

• House sales at two-year low, says Rics

  9 Aug 2011: Surveyors' trade body says its members sold an average of 14.2 properties each in the past three months, with the majority also reporting falling house prices

• Negative equity mortgage deal unveiled by Lloyds

  27 Jan 2011: The Equity Support Scheme lets customers use their savings as a deposit instead of them being swallowed by negative equity

• Negative equity mortgages are not an Irish joke – UK lenders do them too

  27 Jun 2010: Three Irish lenders are launching negative equity mortgages but many UK banks and building societies are already offering them. They're just not shouting about it

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  31 Dec 2009:

  A round-up of the most-read stories on the Guardian/money this year

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