Banks reduce UK household loans
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Banks cut lending to households in the last three months of 2007, due to the continuing credit crunch, says the Bank of England.
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Applications for U.S. home mortgages  dropped last week as a decrease in purchasing activity offset  an increase in refinancing activity, an industry group said on  Wednesday.
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Banks will be now able to borrow additional funds from the Bank of England in a move aimed at reducing the "credit squeeze".
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A swathe of figures have provided further evidence of a slowdown in the UK property market. The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), British Bankers Association (BBA) and Building Societies Association (BSA) all said mortgage lending was slowing.
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Mortgage lending dropped by 8% in November, providing more evidence of a market slowdown, say lenders.
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Applications for U.S. home mortgages dropped last week as a decrease in purchasing activity offset an increase in refinancing activity, an industry group said on Wednesday.
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Americans are taking substantially less equity out of the value of their homes than a year ago, a sign consumer spending may be set to recede, data compiled by a Federal Reserve economist suggest.
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Lenders say the move which tightened ÂexoticÂ mortgages might stifle the use of loans that make houses more affordable.
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The average price of houses in England and Wales has fallen by nearly Â£4,000 in five weeks, a survey says.
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Mortgage lender's shares plummet more than 20% after Bank of England intervention.
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More than a fifth of people who have come off fixed-rate mortgages have found it hard to meet their repayments.
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The average price of houses in England and Wales has fallen by nearly Â£4,000 in five weeks, new figures suggest.
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Mortgage lending has fallen for two successive months for the first time in four years, reinforcing observations of a weakening property market.
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Web sites cut out the middle man and arrange people-to-people loans for lower interest rates than banks offer.
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Business & money: Lowest August mortgage approvals since 2000.
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U.S. mortgage applications fell last  week, reflecting a decline in home refinancing loans as  interest rates climbed, an industry trade group said on  Wednesday.
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Mortgage losses and legal fees weigh down the institutional money manager.