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Mortgage indemnity scheme a life-line to first time buyers
The Government’s newly unveiled new-build mortgage indemnity scheme should finally provide some good news for hard pressed young people looking to get onto the housing ladder or those looking to move...
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Liverpool helps first time buyers
First-time buyers in Liverpool are being helped onto the property ladder thanks to a £3m city council scheme. The council’s Cabinet will be asked to approve plans for a new Local Authority Mortgage...
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Plans to insulate negative equity losses welcomed
Labour TD Ciaran Lynch has welcomed the proposal by NAMA that they are to introduce a pilot mortgage scheme which will insulate first time buyers from the threat of negative equity by up to 20%. Mr...
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Mortgage hopes dashed for public service workers
Unison has said that many public service workers cannot afford high-cost home ownership. Hundreds of thousands of workers including nurses, paramedics, care and social workers are being priced out of...
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Powys and Lloyds TSB join forces to stimulate housing market
Lloyds TSB and Powys County Council have joined forces to help first-time buyers purchase a home with a deposit of just 5%. The council has set aside £1m which should help 30-40 first-time buyers...
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Millions locked out of home owning
The cost of buying your own home has shot up by 94% in the last decade, leaving millions of people out of reach of ever getting on the property ladder. While salaries have only increased by 29% over...
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Bank of Scotland fined £4.2m over mortgage records
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined Bank of Scotland (BOS) £4.2m for failures in their systems which meant it held inaccurate mortgage records for 250,000 of its customers. This was the...
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London Help to Buy opens its doors
The new London Help to Buy scheme has now opened its doors – allowing Londoners to buy a home with just a 5% deposit and a mortgage as low as 55%. The new London Help to Buy scheme has now opened its...
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Funding extension for advice services
More than £6 million for projects across Scotland. Successful projects that have helped people cope with issues such as debt, mortgage worries and benefit problems will continue thanks to £6 million of...
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Homeowners could cut mortgage rates, bills and emissions with new green...
Households could cut mortgage rates, save money on their energy bills and reduce emissions from their homes under plans to roll out green mortgages. Ahead of the launch of the Green Finance Strategy,...
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