Mortgage lending: tight for some

Wednesday, March 16th, 2011

Today’s figures from the Bank of England show that mortgage lending is still very depressed. In March net mortgage lending, at a mere £318m, was actually lower than unsecured lending (£325m). This is only the fourth month this has happened since records began in 1993. In 2006-07, mortgage lending averaged £9.13bn a month, eight times [...]

Mortgage Rates Continue Slide

Wednesday, March 16th, 2011

Mortgage rates declined again this week, with many reaching the lowest levels in years, according to Freddie Mac’s weekly survey of mortgage rates.

Hey, Mortgage Industry: Nobody Trusts You

Wednesday, March 16th, 2011

The mortgage banking industry knows it’s not the most popular kid on the block right now, but it tried to put a positive face on the state of the industry during a convention in New York on Monday.