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National Homebuyers Press Release - Nationalhomebuyers.co.uk |
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20 NOV |
Yuppies Struggling With Mortgage Payments, Says National Homebuyers |
| The rising cost of living and increasing pressures on household finances have caused the Yuppies on the 1980s to become today's anxious majority. |
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20 NOV |
Mortgages Affected By Credit Crunch, Says National Homebuyers |
| Potential homebuyers may be put off entering the market due the global credit crunch which has affected many mortgages. |
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20 NOV |
Flood Defences Need Improving Now |
| The government has been warned that homeowners in some parts of the UK risk losing their properties because cash intended to improve flood defences will not be received in time. |
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20 NOV |
Price Rises To End In 2008, Says National Homebuyers |
| Nationwide believes that house price growth will grind to a halt next year, spelling bad news if you are looking for someone to buy your property. |
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20 NOV |
Lender Increases Rates As Panic Grows, Says National Homebuyers |
| Standard Life has increased its standard variable rate (SVR) potentially causing financial difficulties for many borrowers. |
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26 SEP |
Lenders Encourage Borrowers To Lie, Says National Homebuyers |
| People on low incomes are being encouraged to lie when applying for self-certification mortgages. |
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26 SEP |
Investors Warned Off Buy-To-Let, Says National Homebuyers |
| Potential buy-to-let property investors have been warned against entering the sector if they are looking for short-term gains. |
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26 SEP |
Debt Figures Cause Concern, Says National Homebuyers |
| Consumers in the UK are in danger of running into financial difficulties, with new figures showing that personal debt levels are rising. |
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26 SEP |
Oversupply Dents House Prices In Leeds, Says National Homebuyers |
| The oversupply of housing in some parts of Leeds is causing house prices to fall and buy-to-let investors are also witnessing a downturn in the rents they can charge. |
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25 SEP |
Sub-Prime Rates Increased 'Intentionally' Says National Homebuyers |
| It has been revealed that some sub-prime mortgage lenders are intentionally making their products undesirable to borrowers. |
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25 SEP |
New Home Prices Plummet, Says National Homebuyers |
| The new homes market cooled in August, providing the latest proof that prices are caught in a downward spiral. |
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25 SEP |
Sellers Unhappy At Upfront Cost Of Hips, Says National Homebuyers |
| Home sellers are reluctant to pay for Home information packs (Hips) upfront. |
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22 SEP |
King Grilled Over Money Crisis, Says National Homebuyers |
| The governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, is being grilled over his handling of the Northern Rock crisis. |
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21 SEP |
Over 55s In Financial Difficulty, Says National Homebuyers |
| Many of the UK's over 55s find themselves in financial difficulty. |
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21 SEP |
Analyst: 'Northern Rock Should Be Punished' Says National Homebuyers |
| The UK housing market may be set for another crisis as seen in the last few days with Northern Rock. |
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21 SEP |
New Home Costs '30 Per Cent Of Annual Income' Says National Homebuyers. |
| The cost of buying and moving into a new home now takes up 30 per cent of homeowners' annual income, GE Money Home Lending has said. |
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20 SEP |
Hips 'Will Shape' Green Housing Market, Says National Homebuyers |
| Home Information Packs (Hips) could see homeowners become more environmentally-friendly, one expert has claimed. |
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20 SEP |
'Panicking' Landlords Head Abroad, Says National Homebuyers |
| Landlords across the country are said to be selling up and heading abroad amid fears of a crash in the housing market, one property expert has claimed. |
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20 SEP |
Women 'Thriving' In Property Investment Market, Says National Homebuyers |
| Women are as good as men when it comes to property investment as they are good at multi-tasking and are as ambitious and switched on as their male counterparts, according to a new survey. |
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18 SEP |
FTBs Buying Abroad, Says National Homebuyers |
| First-time buyers (FTBs) are being priced out of the UK market and so are turning their attentions abroad. |
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18 SEP |
Hips Slow Selling Process, Says National Homebuyers |
| The problems with Home information packs (Hips) continue, with reports that some are being deemed invalid. |
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15 SEP |
Fewer People Taking Out A Mortgage, Says National Homebuyers. |
| Rising interest rates have led to a downturn in the number of people taking out mortgages. |
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14 SEP |
Over-55s Throw Off Mortgage Shackles, Says National Homebuyers |
| Most people over the age of 55 have finished paying off their mortgage, according to new research. |
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08 SEP |
Mortgage Market Is Overextended, Says National Homebuyers |
| Concerns are growing that the UK mortgage market is set for a big tumble. |
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08 SEP |
Hips Expansion Will Hit Home Sellers, Says National Homebuyers |
| The expansion of Home information packs (Hips) to properties with three or more bedrooms is bad news for home sellers. |
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08 SEP |
Hips Rollout Continues, Says National Homebuyers |
| Home information packs (Hips) are to be introduced to the home selling process for properties with three or more bedrooms. |
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08 SEP |
Lying Tenants Give Landlords Financial Headache, Says National Homebuyers |
| Anyone with a property that they no longer wish to live in is being advised against renting it out. |
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04 SEP |
House Price Inflation To Halve, Says National Homebuyers |
| The majority of home buyers and sellers expect house price inflation to halve in the next 12 months. |
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03 SEP |
FTB Chances Of Buying At Lowest Ever Level, Says National Homebuyers |
| First-time buyers (FTBs) are less able to enter the property market than ever before. |
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02 SEP |
Coastline Erosion Is Unpredictable, Says National Homebuyers |
| Anyone living along Britain's coastline could be in danger of losing their property. |
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01 SEP |
Brown Slammed For Hampering FTBs, Says National Homebuyers |
| Gordon Brown has been slammed for his economic policies, which the Conservatives say have forced first-time buyers (FTBs) out of the property market. |
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26 AUG |
Slump In Ftbs Buying Property, Says National Homebuyers |
| The number of first-time buyers (FTBs) entering the UK market in June has slumped. |
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25 AUG |
Retirees Still Paying Mortgage, Says National Homebuyers |
| Millions of people in the UK are retiring with massive debt hanging over their heads. |
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24 AUG |
Base Rate Still Set To Rise, Says National Homebuyers. |
| Inflation appeared to fall today but analysts are predicting further interest rate rises. |
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24 AUG |
FTB Enquiries Crash, Says National Homebuyers |
| The number of first-time buyers (FTBs) making enquiries about properties has plummeted. |
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23 AUG |
A Base Rate Rise Is Needed, Says National Homebuyers |
| Homeowners are likely to see their mortgage payments rise in the coming months. |
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21 AUG |
Hip Costs Rise, Full Rollout Is Nearing, Says National Homebuyers |
| Homeowners looking to sell their property can expect to fork out even more money for an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) than was first expected. |
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21 AUG |
Millions Of Brits Struggling With Payments, Says National Homebuyers |
| Millions of British adults are in debt and unable to keep up with repayments. |
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21 AUG |
Price Growth Is Slowing, Says National Homebuyers |
| House price growth is continuing to slow down in the long-term, according to new figures. |
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21 AUG |
Rates Unchanged - National Homebuyers |
| The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has held rates at 5.75 per cent but many analysts believe that this is merely delaying the inevitable. |
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03 AUG |
UK Housing Market Is Confused, Says National Homebuyers |
| Significant confusion is arising in the UK property market as conflicting reports on house price growth are released. |
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03 AUG |
Big Change Needed To Help Ftbs, Says National Homebuyers |
| First-time buyers (FTBs) have almost no chance of getting onto the property ladder and radical changes are needed if the situation is to change. |
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03 AUG |
Flooding Leaves Thousands In The Lurch, Says National Homebuyers |
| The severe flooding that has hit many parts of England and Wales in recent weeks has left many homes uninhabitable. |
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03 AUG |
May Sees House Price Inflation Fall, Says National Homebuyers |
| House price growth plummeted between April and May of this year, according to a newly published report. |
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02 AUG |
Lack Of Buyers Makes Selling Tricky , Says National Homebuyers |
| People looking to sell their homes have been told that they have their work cut out. |
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31 JUL |
House Price Growth Collapses To 0.1 Per Cent, Says National Homebuyers |
| House price growth slowed to levels not seen for 15 months in July. |
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31 JUL |
House Price Growth Expected To Slow, Says National Homebuyers |
| One of the UK's leading mortgage lenders has predicted that house price growth will slow in the coming months. |
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31 JUL |
More Predictions Of House Price Growth Slowdown, Says National Homebuyers |
| The latest mortgage approval data from the British Bankers' Association (BBA) has been described as "soft". |
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31 JUL |
Mortgage Approvals Slump, Says National Homebuyers |
| Affordability in the UK housing market has decreased rapidly, with mortgage approvals plummeting by eight per cent according to the latest figures. |
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19 JUL |
Darling Expresses Fixed-Rate Concern - National Homebuyers |
| The new chancellor of the exchequer Alistair Darling has expressed concerns over the number of fixed-rate mortgage deals due to come to an end in the coming months. |
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18 JUL |
FTBS Struggling With Affordability, Says National Homebuyers |
| Affordability of housing is falling and things look set to get worse, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML). |
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18 JUL |
Stamp Duty Hitting Home Sellers, Says National Homebuyers |
| Stamp duty is hampering first-time buyers' (FTBs) attempts to get onto the property ladder. |
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18 JUL |
Flats 'Underperforming' Says National Homebuyers |
| The owners of flats may be particularly anxious to sell up, following figures from the Land Registry that suggest that apartments are failing to grow in value at the same rate as houses. |
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12 JUL |
FSA To Investigate Subprime |
| The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is planning to raise concerns over subprime mortgage lending tomorrow, with consumers with poor credit finding it increasingly difficult to meet repayments. |
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12 JUL |
Hips 'Not Trusted' Says National Homebuyers |
| Half of all homebuyers say they wouldn't trust the contents of a Home Information Pack (Hip), according to new research, marking yet another setback for the government-backed initiative. |
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12 JUL |
Landlords Look To Sell Up, Says National Homebuyers |
| An increasing number of landlords are deciding to sell up over fears that the buy-to-let market has reached its peak and that the bubble is about to burst. |
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29 JUN |
Hips Housing Market Distortion Depicted In Full, Says National Homebuyers |
| The extent to which home information packs (Hips) are distorting the housing market - despite not yet being introduced - has been highlighted by the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA). |
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29 JUN |
Homeowners 'Are Burying Their Heads In The Sand' Says National Homebuyers |
| Rising interest rates means more than 230,000 people in the UK are missing loan payments each month, it has been revealed. |
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29 JUN |
Britons Exposing Themselves To Rate Increase Danger - National Homebuyers |
| Britons are choosing to borrowing more against their homes, it has been found, despite recent rises in interest rates and a catalogue of predictions from analysts that rates are due to surge to at least six per cent in the near future. |
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23 JUN |
Better Regulation Of Estate Agents Needed Says National Homebuyers |
| Better regulation is needed in order to improve consumer confidence in estate agents, consumer group Which? has said. |
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22 JUN |
Buy-To-Let Investors 'Must Do Research' Says National Homebuyers |
| Buy-to-let landlords need to be fully aware of the tax rules relating their property investments, the Association of Residential Landlords (ARLA) has said. |
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21 JUN |
Mortgage Market 'Offering Bad Deals' Says National Homebuyers |
| The mortgage market is factoring in at least one more interest rates rise this year, making many mortgage and remortgage deals unattractive to homeowners, one mortgage advisor has said. |
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20 JUN |
Inflation Concerns 'To Push Interest Rates Up' Says National Homebuyers |
| Growing concerns that inflation has still not been brought under control mean that the Bank of England may well raise interest rates again in the near future, it has been advised. |
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19 JUN |
House Market Situation "Critical" - National Homebuyers |
| The UK housing market has reached "a critical point" in terms of affordability, the head of a new unit set up to develop the problem has advised. |
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18 JUN |
Homeowners Face 'Massive Increases' When Switching Their Mortgages Says National Homebuyers |
| Homeowners coming to the end of their fixed mortgage deals may have to pay a £1,000 arrangement fee to re-secure the purchase of their homes, it has been revealed. |
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17 JUN |
Housing Market 'Off The Boil' Says National Homebuyers |
| Double digit house prices rises are a thing of the past, it has been suggested, as the housing market is "coming off the boil". |
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16 JUN |
First-Time Buyers Buckling Under Affordability Strain Says National Homebuyers |
| Recent rises in interest rates have had a major impact on recent first-time buyers, it has been revealed. |
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15 JUN |
Bank 'To Keep Rates On Hold' - But Hike Still Imminent Says National Homebuyers |
| The Bank of England's monetary policy committee (MPC) will choose to keep interest rates on hold in tomorrow's meeting, it has been suggested - but only in order to regroup before raising rates again in the future. |
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14 JUN |
Rate Rise 'Not In June' Says National Homebuyers |
| Market commentators have again raised fears that the Bank of England could soon raise interest rates by a further 0.25 per cent before the summer is out. |
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13 JUN |
Pre-Hips Surge Reported Says National Homebuyers |
| Estate agents are reporting a sharp increase in the number of properties coming on to the market as a result of the government's decision to delay the launch of Home Information Packs (Hips). |
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09 JUN |
House Price Up 0.6 Percent In April, Says National Homebuyers |
| House prices have increased by 9.1 per cent over the last 12 months, official figures released today have revealed. |
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07 JUN |
Flightpaths 'Affecting Property Prices' Says National Homebuyers |
| Those living under flightpaths should expect to see the value of their properties fall significantly, one property company has warned. |
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07 JUN |
Rics Warns On Property Market Future, Says National Homebuyers |
| The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) has warned of uncertain times ahead in the UK's property market. |
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07 JUN |
Property Prices Drop In York - National Homebuyers |
| Property prices in York are falling significantly, prompting fears of a local property crash, according to reports. |
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04 JUN |
House Price Growth To 'Fall Back' Says National Homebuyers |
| The average house in the UK has gained in value by more than £20,000 in the last year, statistics have shown - although it has been predicted that this rate of growth will be severely dented in the near future. |
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03 JUN |
Equity Release 'Not Just A Last Resort' - National Homebuyers |
| Equity release continues to offer good value for money, despite recent rises in interest rates, it has been reported. |
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03 JUN |
Blair's Legacy Of Diminishing Affordability - National Homebuyers |
| While consistent economic growth and relatively low unemployment have been a feature of prime minister Tony Blair's decade in power, it has been suggested that his economic legacy might now be the increases in interest rates effectuated in his last year of office which have acted to put mounting pressure on homeowners' finances. |
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02 JUN |
Lending 'Stabilises' As Demand Cools, Says National Homebuyers |
| Lending has 'stabilised' in the first four months of the year, it has been revealed, as consumers react to recent interest rate rises. |
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02 JUN |
Legal Aid Changes 'Could Lead To Rise In Repossessions' Says National Homebuyers |
| Changes to the legal aid system proposed by the government could lead to a number of Britons having their homes repossessed, it has been claimed. |
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01 JUN |
Mortgage Approvals 'Falling', BSA Reports - National Homebuyers |
| For the first time since July 2005, year-on-year mortgage approvals have fallen, it has been revealed. |
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01 JUN |
Hips Day 'Now August 1st' - National Homebuyers |
| The introduction of home information packs (Hips) has been delayed until August 1st, Ruth Kelly has confirmed in the House of Commons. |
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30 May |
Families Hit By Above-Average Inflation - National Homebuyers |
| The latest inflationary figures are misleading, it has been claimed, says National Homebuyers. |
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30 May |
Hips And Interest Rates Act To Slow House Price Growth, Says National Homebuyers |
| The proximity of the introduction of home information packs (Hips) has acted to distort the housing market, it has been revealed. |
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30 May |
Optimistic House Price Growth Forecast Suggests Rate Rise Is Certain, Says National Homebuyers |
| Analysts have responded to Nationwide's expectation that house prices could surge by as much as eight per cent in 2007 by predicting yet another interest rate hike. |
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30 May |
MPC 'Considered 0.5% Rate Rise' Says National Homebuyers |
| The Bank of England's monetary policy committee (MPC) flirted with raising interest rates by 0.5 per cent in its May meeting, it has been revealed. |
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29 May |
Further Rate Rise Predicted Following Inflation Report Says National Homebuyers |
| The Bank of England's governor, Mervyn King, has given a thinly veiled hint that interest rates will rise again in the very near future, says National Homebuyers. |
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29 May |
Nationwide Exercising Caution Following Rate Rise - National Homebuyers |
| Recent rises in interest rates means Nationwide is taking a more cautious approach to mortgage lending, it has been revealed. |
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28 May |
Impact Of Rate Rises 'Starting To Kick In' Says National Homebuyers |
| Recent rises in interest rates are having an impact, it has been confirmed. |
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27 May |
Housing Market Crash 'Would Be No Surprise' Says National Homebuyers |
| A housing market crash is on the cards, an analyst has suggested. |
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26 May |
Commons Vote 'Affects Immediate Future Of Hips' Says National Homebuyers |
| The Association of Home Information Pack Providers (AHIPP) has suggested that improvements to the energy efficiency of British homes could be delayed should a vote in the House of Commons be carried. |
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25 May |
Equity Release 'An Acceptable Way Of Funding Retirement'- National Homebuyers |
| Equity release is becoming an increasingly acceptable way of funding retirement, it has been suggested says National Homebuyers. |
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25 May |
Late-Summer Rate Rise 'Looks Likely' Says National Homebuyers |
| Despite housing charities warning that the interest rate rise announced by the bank of England's monetary policy committee (MPC) last month will lead to a rise in the number of repossessions, the Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors (Rics) has predicted a further rate hike later in the summer. |
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25 May |
Payment 'Shock' Concern For Fixed Rate Mortgage Holders, Says National Homebuyers |
| Concern has been raised regarding the plight of the thousands of borrowers with fixed rate mortgages whose deals are coming to an end. |
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25 May |
Further Interest Rate Rise Could Be A 'Disaster' Says National Homebuyers |
| Speculation that the Bank of England's monetary policy committee (MPC) may choose to increase interest rates further following data from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) which shows the housing market has yet to be cooled sufficiently is bad news for homeowners, it has been claimed. |
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25 May |
Buy-To-Let Mortgages 'Are Unstable' Says National Homebuyers |
| While recently released figures suggest the buy-to-let mortgage market is enjoying steady growth, a new report has cast doubt on the future of the sector. |
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24 May |
Britons 'Struggling With Mortgage Payments' Says National Homebuyers |
| Britons' inability to manage their finances correctly means around one in ten struggle to make their mortgage repayments, it has been discovered. |
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23 May |
House Price Inflation Decreases In England, Scotland And Wales - National Homebuyers |
| The rate at which house prices are inflating year-on-year is falling, it has been revealed. |
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23 May |
Hips 'Distorting The Housing Market' Says National Homebuyers |
| The proximity of the introduction of home information packs (Hips) has resulted in the disruption of the housing market, it has been found. |
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23 May |
Rate Rise 'Would Send Shudders Up The Spine Of Homeowners' Says National Homebuyers |
| The prospect of a further rise in interest rates will send "shudders up the spine of Middle England", it has been claimed. |
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22 May |
Housing Market Demand 'Moderating' Says Halifax - National Homebuyers |
| House price growth is slowing, it has been revealed says National Homebuyers. |
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