UK Nov. Mortgage Growth Weakest in Almost 3 Years
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UK mortgage lending grew at the slowest rate since January 2002, the British Bankers&#39; Association said, as higher interest rates and falling house prices deterred potential buyers.
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The number of mortgage approvals fell to a record low during December, industry figures show.
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The economy grew at a weaker-than-expected rate in the final three months of last year, the government's latest estimate on Wednesday showed, as businesses built fewer inventories and consumers spent less.
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Housing starts fell 3.7 percent in  November, with construction of single-family homes sliding to  the lowest level in more than 16 years as builders scrambled to  cope with a deep drop in sales.
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The number of new mortgages being given to house movers falls by 20% in the past year, according to the Bank of England.
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Investor's Business Daily - Home prices in Britain and Wales rose just 3% in Dec. vs. a year earlier, said property consultant Hometrack. That's the smallest gain since June '06. Prices fell 0.3% vs. Nov., the most since Jan. '05. Homes are staying on the market for 8.3 weeks, the longest since the survey began in '01. The data are raising the prospects of further Bank of England rate cuts early next year.
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Housing starts plunged in January to the slowest pace in more than nine years as the latest government reading on the battered housing market came in much weaker than forecasts.
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YET more evidence emerged yesterday that British interest rates have either peaked, or are extremely close to doing so. House prices fell at their steepest pace in nine years in the three months to September.
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Mortgage rates edged lower as a weak employment report pointed to a softer economy, Freddie Mac reported Thursday.
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UK gilts and short sterling interest rate futures rose on Monday against the trend elsewhere in Europe as mortgage lending figures showed the weakest growth in two years.
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MORTGAGE lending fell again last month, a further sign that the housing bubble has burst. About Â£25.4bn was lent by banks and building societies last month, down 4% on August and the second monthly fall in
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The number of new mortgages granted to home buyers fell to 62,000 in December, mortgage lenders say.
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An index measuring changes in UK house prices fell in the three months through November to the lowest since December 1992, suggesting a decline in the nation&#39;s property market is deepening.
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New figures from major banks and building societies confirm that the UK housing market is slowing down. The Council of Mortgage Lenders and the Building Societies Association have both recorded a slowdown in mortgage lending.
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House prices in Britain fell at their steepest pace in nine years in the three months to September,adding to evidence that the property market is cooling and decreasing the possibility
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The number of new mortgages being approved for home buying fell again in November.
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U.S. mortgage applications sank last  week to the lowest level since the end of last year despite  falling borrowing costs, an industry trade group said on  Thursday.