Housing finance at a glance
Our parliamentary newsletter gives a brief overview of current issues in the housing and mortgage markets. It is specifically written and distributed to all MPs, and members of the House of Lords who have an interest in housing issues.
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| 12-Mar-12 |
Housing finance at a glance - March 2012 Our parliamentary newsletter gives an overview of current mortgage market activity and details of the NewBuy scheme which will allow lenders to offer 95% mortgages to creditworthy borrowers on new build property. |
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| 20-Dec-11 |
Housing finance at a glance - December 2011 Gives an overview of our mortgage market forecasts for 2012, and our views on recent announcements including the FSA’s latest mortgage market review consultation; the end of the stamp duty concession for first-time buyers; the mortgage indemnity scheme for new build property; and the DWP’s consultation on support for mortgage interest. |
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| 07-Sep-11 |
Housing finance at a glance - September 2011 Gives a brief overview of current mortgage market activity; highlights our housing equity research which estimates borrowers hold unmortgaged housing wealth of around £800 billion; discusses the welfare reform agenda and its impact on consumer choice and the funding of social housing; looks at the latest developments on mortgage regulation from Europe; and introduces the new mortgage verification scheme to combat mortgage fraud. |
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| 26-Apr-11 |
Housing finance at a glance - April 2011 Gives a round up of recent mortgage market activity; discusses three regulatory initiatives from home and abroad which will affect the future provision of mortgages in the UK, and the results of a survey on MPs attitudes to the mortgage market. |
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| 18-Feb-11 |
Housing finance at a glance - February 2011 Gives a round up of mortgage market activity during 2010; and discusses the problems faced by first-time buyers following the recent summit on this issue called by housing minister Grant Shapps. |
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| 15-Dec-10 |
Housing finance at a glance - December 2010 Discusses the need for a public policy debate on mortgage market regulatory reform, and outlines our market forecasts for 2011. |
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| 09-Sep-10 |
Housing finance at a glance - September 2010 Gives a brief round-up of recent mortgage market activity and latest arrears and possession statistics; our updated mortgage market forecasts for 2010; and outlines some of the unintended consequences of regulatory reform. |
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| 21-Jun-10 |
Housing finance at a glance - June 2010 Gives a brief round-up of current mortgage market activity, and outlines some of the challenges facing the new government on issues such as mortgage funding, diversity in financial services, helping borrowers in difficulty, regulatory reform, and affordable housing. |
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| 24-Feb-10 |
Housing finance at a glance - February 2010 Gives a round-up of market activity in 2009 – including the mortgage market as a whole, buy-to-let activity and mortgage arrears and possession cases. We summarise our views based on our formal response to the FSA’s mortgage market review discussion paper, and highlight a major new policy paper on the outlook for mortgage funding markets in the UK over 2010-2015. |
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| 14-Dec-09 |
Housing finance at a glance - December 2009 Covers our latest arrears and repossessions data and our forecast for this year and next; our reaction to government proposals to extend mortgage regulation, and the chancellor's pre-Budget report; and the impact of mortgage repossession on private tenants in light of the tenant protection bill due to be introduced by Mr Brian Iddon MP. |
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