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Mortgage hunting? Find a 40% deposit

A quarter of mortgage deals are available only to borrowers with a 40% deposit, it has been revealed...
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London property owners face more gloom

More than a third of a million homes in London are already worth less than their owners paid for them...
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Property slump hits footballers hard

Footballers have ploughed money into property, but as old school buy-to-let investor Robbie Fowler profits, others such as Steven Gerrard and Wayne Rooney are losing out...
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Has your mortgage rate been cut?

Will you benefit from mortgage rate cuts after the Bank of England slashed the bank rate from 3% to 2%?...
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House prices: Will your home sell in 2009?

House prices dived in 2008 as the property market had a terrible year, but will 2009 be any better? We round-up the experts' predictions...
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Unlocking mortgages is key to lifting prices

Comment: The Evening Standard's Homes & Property editor, says that a period when property is for nesting rather than investing is overdue...
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Banks 'using excuses' to refuse mortgages

Homeowners are being refused mortgages for 'the most spurious of reasons' amid claims that lenders are seizing on any excuse to reject applications...
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Pound plunge ends the Costa dream

With the pound in freefall, thousands of pensioners are finding their retirement dreams in tatters. Tom Rawstorne reports from Spain...
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£5.7bn scramble to pay off home loans

Homeowners are ploughing money back into their properties at a record pace in an attempt to slash their debts, official figures show...
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Inside Track guru targets failed clients

After encouraging thousands to board the buy-to-let bandwagon, the founder of Inside Track will prey on their depreciating assets with a vulture fund...
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Mortgage rationing leaves borrowers stuck

Mortgage rationing has left many borrowers unable to take advantage of interest rate cuts as lenders' margins on fixed and tracker rates have soared...
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How to stop mortgage collar strangling you

Borrowers with tracker mortgages are being urged to check their paperwork after confusion over deals left 750,000 homeowners celebrating last week...
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What to do with a mortgage windfall

Millions of borrowers have been handed a windfall as tracker payments fall with the bank rate – but what should you do with the cash?...
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Repossessed: 'We never missed a payment'

A couple have been threatened with repossession even though they have never missed a payment on their mortgage...
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How to make money from your home

Creative thinking and compromise can turn your home into a money-making asset, with ideas rom using it as a film location to renting out your drive...

HSBC: More mortgages and a 3.5% rate

HSBC will increase UK mortgage lending by a fifth, and has tracker rates as low as 3.49%, but Nationwide has pulled its tracker range...
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Is my mortgage lender's threat unfair?

I was ill and missed mortgage payments. Now my lender is threatening to take me to court unless I clear the debt in 18 months...

How risky is a Singapore dollar mortgage?

What are the pitfalls of re-mortgaging my house in Aberdeen with a Singapore dollar mortgage? Is there a currency fluctuation risk?...
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Lenders' small print ruse to block rate cuts

Banks may use the small print in mortgage contracts to prevent borrowers benefiting from future interest rate cuts by the Bank of England...
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Can we pass on our mortgage?

Instead of selling the property, my husband and I feel it would be easier and faster to pass on the existing mortgage...

What is my home worth now?

I need to know the current value of my property so I can arrange a new mortgage deal. Where can I find this information?...
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Can I challenge tracker mortgage collar?

If I have a floor or collar on my tracker mortgage can I challenge it to make sure I benefit from bank rate cuts in full?...
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