Living cost concerns dominate broker searches: Knowledge Bank  

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

Cost-of-living concerns continue to dominate brokers searches as ‘maximum age at end of term’ topped residential enquiries in September, data from Knowledge Bank shows.   The criteria search engine says...

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Mortgage activity picks up in October: Twenty7tec

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

Mortgage activity appears to be picking up, with a jump in the number of remortgage, purchase, first-time buyer and buy-to-let searches seen in October, compared with the previous month. Figures...

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Atom cuts rates on prime and near prime products

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

Atom bank is the latest lender to trim the cost of its fixed rate products, with reductions across its prime and near prime range.  On its prime range the digital...

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Long-awaited reverse mortgage revisions to FHA handbook are published

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Long-awaited Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program guidance revisions to the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)’s Single Family Handbook 4000.1 have been published according to an announcement issued by FHA...

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Mortgage interest charges up 68.6%

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Living costs for employees have recorded the largest increase out of all household types with a rate almost twice that of inflation, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). This...

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Adjustable-rate mortgage demand jumps nearly 10% as buyers struggle to afford housing market

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The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($726,200 or less) decreased to 7.86% from 7.90% The ARM share of mortgage applications is now at...

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Minority borrowers pay $200M more in mortgage costs in NY

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

New analysis out of New York shows the extent historic homeownership gaps are affecting the state's Black and Latino population, who also face higher costs across the life of...

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Pepper Money enhances criteria to help affordability

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Pepper Money has made enhancements to its lending criteria to help customers maximise their affordability when applying for a mortgage. The specialist lender has increased the amount of variable income...

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Bridging lending rebounds in Q3 as interest rates continue to rise

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Bridging loan transactions saw a 15.3% increase in the third quarter, totalling £191m. This is according to the latest Bridging Trends survey which suggests the rise from £165.7m in...

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October house prices rise but remain ‘extremely weak’: Nationwide  

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

UK house prices rose 0.9% in the month to October, but are down 3.3% from a year ago, leaving homebuying activity “extremely weak,” according to Nationwide’s latest House Price...

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