Mortgages
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Banks re-enter mortgage market after turbulent week
Average rates for two-year fixed deals are now almost 6%
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Mortgage options slashed for buy-to-let landlords
Rates are rising, with 55% fewer products available
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Lenders pull mortgages amid market turmoil
Virgin Money and Skipton have paused lending until stability returns, while others have cut loans
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Think tank recommends 110% mortgages
Policy Exchange says years of paying rent on time should count towards mortgage
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PM floats ultra-long mortgage plan
The 50-year mortgage would allow children to inherit the debt along with the property
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Bank of England scraps mortgage stress test
Borrowers will no longer have to prove they can afford far higher interest rates
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Mortgage boom doubles Lloyds’ profit
Pretax profit for the quarter was £2bn, above expectations of £1.3bn
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More than half of borrowers will still have a mortgage at 65
Rise of lifetime mortgages has led to spike in lending to older homeowners
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Lloyds Bank sued for tying mortgages to rising house values
Homeowners faced enormous bills after quadrupling house prices caused debt to soar
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Householders make rare net mortgage repayment
Economists had expected a £3.1bn rise in mortgage borrowing, not a £1.4bn net repayment
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South of England now unaffordable for first-time buyers
House prices in the South have far outstripped incomes, putting homes out of reach of many