Posts Tagged ‘ housing market ’

Rents driven down through unsold homes

Dec 21st, 2008 | By admin | Category: Mortgage News

Recent figures have shown that rental prices on homes are being driven down as a result of the many homes that remain unsold on the UK’s property market. Property sales have been very low over recent months, and although they have increased slightly over recent weeks due to more realistic pricing from sellers, they did [...]



Extra help for homeowners announced as part of new measures

Dec 18th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Mortgage News

As part of the package of measures that was announced in the recent pre-budget report, homeowners who lost their jobs are set to get extra help from the government to ensure that they do not lose their homes. Previously, the government covered interest payments on mortgages for those that had been out of work for [...]



Pressure on Gordon Brown over housing market

Oct 6th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Mortgage News

According to recent reports the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has been under increasing pressure over the past few days to follow the example of the United States is devising some sort of bailout plan for the housing market. The US government recently announced a $700 billion proposal that would be aimed at bailing out Wall [...]



Wealthy buyers take advantage of difficult conditions in housing market

Sep 25th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Mortgage News

Most people are aware that conditions in the housing market have become increasingly difficult over recent months, and with the mortgage sector still suffering the effects of the global credit crunch and with house prices falling, many homeowners have found that it is difficult or impossible to sell their homes. Estate agents have reported the [...]