Mortgages

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Caixabank proposes sector-wide freeze in variable mortgage costs, source says

MADRID (Reuters) – Caixabank, Spain’s biggest lender by domestic assets, has proposed a sector-wide...

12th October, 2022

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IS IT TIME FOR LENDERS TO REVIEW THEIR SECURITY?

By Ann Ebberson, partner in Rosling King’s Real Estate Group The U.K is going through a cost-of-livi...

6th October, 2022

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UK watchdog contacts banks following huge withdrawal of mortgage deals -FT

(Reuters) – Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has contacted lenders in the United Kingdom...

30th September, 2022

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Queen Elizabeth died of ‘old age’, death certificate shows

Balmoral Castle, her summer home in the Scottish highlands, on Sept. 8. The certificate records her...

29th September, 2022

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UK lenders pull mortgages at record rate as market chaos worsens

LONDON (Reuters) – A record 935 mortgage products were pulled in Britain overnight, financial servic...

28th September, 2022

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Australia’s property downturn puts home buyers in double mortgage bind

By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s housing market downturn is squeezing many home sellers i...

1st September, 2022

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UK consumers borrow more in face of cost-of-living squeeze

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – British consumer lending rose last month at its fastest since M...

29th July, 2022

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Ireland’s AIB fined record 97 million euros for mortgage overcharging

DUBLIN (Reuters) -Ireland’s AIB and its EBS subsidiary have been fined a record 96.7 million euros (...

23rd June, 2022

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Beset by uncertainties, Spanish borrowers lock in home loan rates

By Jesús Aguado MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish homeowners, fearing a return to the turmoil that nearly b...

16th June, 2022

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Bank of Ireland to help fund smaller rivals as part of KBC deal

DUBLIN (Reuters) – Bank of Ireland has committed to make up to 1 billion euros ($1.07 billion) in to...

24th May, 2022

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Britain’s Nationwide warns inflation surge could dent house prices

By Lawrence White and Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) – Nationwide Building Society said on Friday roc...

20th May, 2022

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How will rising interest rates impact homeowners? It’s not case of if, but when

By Laura Howard, finance expert at Forbes Advisor. Interest rates have been hiked up by the Bank of...

28th March, 2022