Mortgages News

Simon Lambert, This is Money12 August 2006 HAPPINESS is a place called Elmbridge. The leafy area of suburban Surrey has been named as having the best quality of life in Britain. SUBURBAN BLISS: Leafy suburban Surrey is the place to be according to a new survey WANT TO KNOW MORE? REPORT: Prices of country homes soar DEAL FINDER: Search for a better mortgage in moments GUIDES: Buying and selling tips OTHER STORIES Home packs roll despite critics Five ways to beat the rat ...

Fri 11th Aug 2006 A new investment product has been added to Leeds Building Society's range of bonds, the company has announced. The new Leeds Building Society Three-year Fixed Rate Bond allows customers access to some of the funds invested in the bond, without warning or penalty fees being charged. Minimum investment is £100 in the product which offers a rate of 5.25 per cent and ...

Fri 11th Aug 2006 Changes in the monetary swap markets have prompted Nationwide Building Society to adjust a number of its products. In all, five Nationwide Building Society Fixed Rate Mortgage products are subject to rate changes, both of the two-year fixed rates as well as the three, five and ten-year fixed rate mortgage deals. Customers borrowing form Nationwide are allowed the flexi ...

Fri 11th Aug 2006 With more Brits than ever looking to move abroad, the Leeds Building Society Euro Mortgage deal has been extended to meet demand. A recent survey revealed that Spain is one of the most popular destinations and in total, 13 per cent of people said they had considered leaving the UK to live elsewhere. The product is the first of its kind released by the building society  ...

Fri 11th Aug 2006 Alliance & Leicester has extended its specialist mortgage product range, the company has announced. Available now, the new Alliance & Leicester Specialist Mortgage product range includes a three-year base rate tracker and a three-year buy-to-let offer. The company is also offering 115 per cent buy-to-let rental cover for customers taking up a new mortgage. Reactions f ...

Simon Lambert, This is Money11 August 2006 HOME information packs will be rolled out in six trial locations later this year, despite the massed opposition that has disrupted the scheme. HOME FRONT: Disputes over home information packs ahve not stalled the move by a trade body to set the ball rolling WANT TO KNOW MORE? REPORT: Boycott home packs, say agents GUIDES: Home information packs DEAL FINDER: Find the best mortgage in moments OTHER STORIES £30,000 income for  ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones) -- You're about to shell out hundreds of dollars on consumer goods: What better time to talk budgeting and personal finance with your children, whether they're in third grade or heading off to college? You may find some willing listeners: 49% of teens say they want to talk about money management, according to a telephone survey of 500 teenagers ages 13 to 17 and 500 pa ...

Thu 10th Aug 2006 An upward movement in swap rates has led to an adjustment to the Portman Building Society Two-year Fixed Rate Mortgage, the company has announced. New rates of 4.69 per cent, 4.89 per cent and 4.99 per cent are now available from any of the building society's 143 branches around the country, with varying arrangement fees. The new deals will be available from Friday Aug ...

Sascha Hutchinson, This is Money8 August 2006 Reader comments (1) BANKS have been slow off the mark to pass on the base rate rise, with none of the major savings providers raising rates since last Thursday. CASHED UP? Savers are unlikely to see the full benefits of the rate rise WANT TO KNOW MORE? TABLES: Best savings rates REPORT: Has your savings rate risen? REPORT: Has your mortgage rate risen? OTHER STORIES Risk to 3m HSBC web accounts Bonds rise on back of base ...

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones) -- You gotta love the real estate business. Every time you mention something negative, agents and brokers see the need to defend themselves. This, of course, only prolongs the agony, because we get to go over the topic all over again. To wit, in my response to a recent question about the different sides of the fence agents work -- and that sometimes they try to straddle t ...