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Affordability is the major consideration when choosing a mortgage. Typically most high street lenders will lend a single person between 3 and 3.5 times their pre-tax salary. Other credit commitments, such as to a credit card or personal loan will generally not be taken into account. Some lenders will also allow you to add a proportion of any regular bonuses you receive to this base figure. read more...

 

on the front line

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Home Broadband

Choosing a broadband provider and the right package for your home isn’t always an easy task. There are several things to consider when deciding exactly the right choice for you and your family. First it is good to sit down and go through a list of questions that you would have to ask yourself and the others that will be using this connection from your home. read more...

 

Utilities

Gas and electricity – the energy industry explained

What is a water supplier?

Home phones explained

Does everyone have to switch to digital TV?

A wealth of information about all the above providers can be found here...

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  • England’s Social Housing Time Bomb

  • Research carried out by the National Housing Federation for ITV has shown that 1 in 10 people could be on the social housing waiting list by 2020. Significantly, this is the deadline by which Gordon Brown promised to deliver three million new homes. more...
  • Repossessions Continue to Rise 

  • Figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) show that 140 homes are being seized each day, a rise of 50% year-on-year between the first quarters of 2008 to 2009. There were 12,800 properties repossessed in the first three months of this year – a rise of 23% on the last quarter of 2008. In the first three months of 2008, there were only 8,500 repossessions. more...
  • Think Tank Calls for Mortgage Limits

  • A study by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has recommended that strict limits be put on residential mortgage lending to avoid the boom and bust scenario that the country’s property market is currently experiencing. The paper is titled ‘The Madness of Mortgage Lenders: Housing Finance and the Financial Crisis’, and was written by Chris Hamnett, a professor at Kings College London. more...
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Mortgage Information

A few helpful links on information about mortgages

  • Compare Mortgages

  • Thousands of mortgages compared and rated at moneysupermarket.com
  • Mortgage Tables

  • Mortgage tables from the fsa
  • Mortgage Guide

  • A mortgage is like any other kind of loan but with two major differences. It is paid back over a long period of time (normally 25 years) incurring a lot of interest (over that period of time you’ll probably end up paying almost double) and it is secured against your property. This means that if you default on the agreement the lender can repossess your house.
  • Mortgage Calculator

  • A quick and easy way to calculate your monthly mortgage payments. Simply enter the amount you wish to borrow, the term over which you intend to pay it off and the interest rate.
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Watching Intrest Rates

 

Year

 

Month

 

Base Rate %

 

Change

 

2009
07 May
0.50
No Change
2009
05 April
0.50
No Change
2009
05 Mar
0.50
-0.50
 
2009
05 Feb
1.00
-0.50
 
2009
08 Jan
1.50
-0.50
2008
04 Dec
2.00
-1.00
 
2008
06 Nov
3.00
-1.50
 
2008
08 Oct
4.50
-0.50
 
2008
10th Apr
5.00
-0.25
 
2008
7th Feb
5.25
-0.25

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