Mortgage rates

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• First Direct mortgage defies impending rate rise

  30 Aug 2014: HSBC, First Direct, the Woolwich and West Brom all offering fixed-rate mortgage bargains despite looming rate rise

• Britain’s property boom roars back to life, powered by London

  29 Aug 2014: Hopes prices levelling dashed as figures show renewed surge, largely driven by capital, where prices rose by £15,000 in July

• UK house price rises for 2014 almost twice as high as predicted

  26 Aug 2014: But revised forecast by Savills shows London prices flatlining in 2016

• Small dip in July mortgage approvals offset by increase in average value

  26 Aug 2014: Slowdown brought on by new mortgage lending rules in April seems to have faded as summer began

• With interest rates predicted to rise is it time to play safe or to take a gamble?

  25 Aug 2014: Most experts agree that it’s a question of when, not if … Here are some suggestions about what to do if you have a mortgage, savings or investments

• Buying a home would save average tenant £1,300 a year over renting

  23 Aug 2014:

  Low mortgage rates mean monthly repayments are less than rent for average three-bedroom house, says the Halifax

• Working poor forced to spend half their income on housing

  15 Aug 2014:

  Resolution Foundation highlights problems of households struggling with mortgage payments or rent as wages stagnate

• Home repossessions fall to lowest rate since 2008 – CML

  14 Aug 2014: Council of Mortgage Lenders says figures are in line with its forecast but warns mortgage holders to prepare for rate rise

• Great heart: home with surprising interiors – in pictures

  Gallery (4 pictures), 25 Jul 2014:

  A slim terrace in Bury St Edmunds to a small cottage in Ayeshire with an unexpectedly large living area

• Government urged to act to prevent mortgage defaults

  24 Jul 2014: Up to 2 million homeowners could struggle financially if interest rates rise from 0.5% to 3%, warns Resolution Foundation

• Housing market cools down as weather warms up

  21 Jul 2014: Rightmove says average asking price fell 0.8% amid latest sign that housing market might be slowing

• Banks urged to warn mortgage borrowers to look at how higher interest rates will affect them

  20 Jul 2014: The Bank of England will raise rates soon – and experts want lenders to prepare homeowners for possible financial hardship, reports Phillip Inman

• Historical connections – in pictures

  Gallery (4 pictures), 11 Jul 2014:

  From a well-groomed house near Shakespeare's birthplace to a stone cottage in the Borders in need of some grooming

• Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey optimistic as profit margins widen

  7 Jul 2014:

  Help to Buy aids housebuilder as firm forecasts rise in profit margins and seems relaxed over moves to contain possible house price bubble

• Fixed-rate mortgage costs soar in wake of Bank hint on raising interest rates

  6 Jul 2014: Impact felt by those with larger deposits as best two-year fix goes up by quarter point and first-time buyers are left unscathed

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