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.

We also produce a series of regional factsheets looking at the housing and mortgage markets in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the North of England, the North West and West Midlands.

    Date Title
pdf icon   24-Jun-09 Housing finance at a glance - June 2009
Our parliamentary newsletter giving an update on our revised housing market forecasts; the latest position on lender forbearance and the homeowner mortgage support scheme, and our recently published annual report.
pdf icon   10-Mar-09 Housing finance at a glance - March 09
Gives an update on the current state of the mortgage market; the latest position on mortgage arrears and possessions; and the buy-to-let market.
pdf icon   21-Nov-08 Housing finance at a glance - November 2008
Gives an update on our new quarterly mortgage arrears and possessions data; looks at the support offered by lenders to home-owners in difficulty; and in advance of the pre-Budget report, argues the case for widening the cover offered by income support for mortgage interest.
pdf icon   03-Oct-08 Housing finance at a glance - October 2008
Gives an update on the current state of the mortgage market; compares the performance of the buy-to-let market to the wider mortgage market; the extent to which borrowers will benefit from the stamp duty holiday; and the latest position on arrears and possessions.
pdf icon   31-Jul-08 Housing finance at a Glance - July 2008
Gives an update on the current state of the mortgage market, as well as looking at mortgage funding and the Crosby review.
pdf icon   27-May-08 Housing finance at a glance - May 2008
Covers current market conditions; mortgage funding and the Bank of England's special liquidity scheme; and lenders' support for borrowers in difficulty.
pdf icon   28-Mar-08 Housing finance at a glance - March 2008
Covers our reaction to the Chancellor's Budget statement, and a short update on the current state of the market.
pdf icon   31-Jan-08 Housing finance at a glance - January 2008
Covers the current state of the housing/mortgage market and the outlook for 2008, the relationship between the Bank base rate and mortgage rates, and the Housing and Regeneration Bill.
pdf icon   01-Nov-07 Housing finance at a glance - November 2007
Covers our forecasts for the housing and mortgage markets; sale-and-leaseback schemes; as well as brief mentions of low-cost home-ownership schemes, latest buy-to-let data; and CML research proposing a new interest rate measure for comparing the cost of consumer loans.
pdf icon   12-Jul-07 Housing finance at a glance - July 2007
Covers the current state of the mortgage market; our latest market data on affordability trends; the FSA review of sub-prime lending; and brief mentions of our recent survey on financial assistance for first-time buyers; offset mortgages; and the distribution of energy performance certificates.

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