Is The Mortgage Market Review Slowing The UK Property Market?
The number of new mortgages being approved by lenders dropped to an 11 month low in May 2014 as the new affordability rules brought in by the Mortgage Market Review (MMR) caused borrowers to be put off and delayed hundreds of existing mortgage applications.
The […]
Is The Mortgage Market Review Slowing The UK Property Market?
Is The Mortgage Market Review Slowing The UK Property Market?
The number of new mortgages being approved by lenders dropped to an 11 month low in May 2014 as the new affordability rules brought in by the Mortgage Market Review (MMR) caused borrowers to be put off and delayed hundreds of existing mortgage applications.
The Mortgage Market Review brought in on the 26th April 2014 requires all UK based mortgage lenders to carry out rigorous affordability checks on the financial status of borrowers.
These stringent affordability checks include stress tests designed to determine if a borrower could continue to repay their loan if interest rates rise significantly.
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New Mortgage Rules Will Slow Down
UK Property Transactions
65,500 property purchases were approved by mortgage lenders in March 2014, showing the second successive monthly drop in the number of property transactions as mainstream mortgage lenders implement stricter rules which will be rolled out fully at the end of April 2014.
The figures for […]
Mortgage Market Review Regulations Will Slow Property Transactions
New Mortgage Rules Will Slow Down
UK Property Transactions
65,500 property purchases were approved by mortgage lenders in March 2014, showing the second successive monthly drop in the number of property transactions as mainstream mortgage lenders implement stricter rules which will be rolled out fully at the end of April 2014.
The figures for March were 7% lower than the 70,309 mortgage approvals recorded in February 2014.
The recent falls in the number of mortgage approvals are a stark contrast to the 11 months of continuous improvements which saw average monthly lending levels increase from 52,537 to 76,753 between February 2013 and January 2014.
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