New mortgages hit four-year low
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September saw the lowest number of new mortgage approvals in the UK since August 2000, official figures show.
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New applications for US home loans fell last week from a four-month high even as 30-year mortgage rates declined to their lowest level since late March, an industry group said on Wednesday.
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Interest rates on U.S. 30- and 15-year mortgages fell this week to their lowest levels since early April as the housing market showed little sign of slowing despite the Federal Reserve's move to raise interest rates, mortgage finance company Freddie Mac said on Thursday.
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Sales of new homes plunged by a record amount in 2007 while prices posted the weakest showing in 16 years, demonstrating the troubles builders are facing with a huge backlog of unsold homes.
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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.
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Even borrowers with strong credit are feeling the pinch as home values fall and monthly payments rise.
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The number of Americans who may lose their homes because of late mortgage payments rose to a record in the first quarter, led by subprime borrowers pinched in an economy that grew at the slowest pace in four years.
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The number of new mortgages being approved for home buying fell again in November.
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Average interest rates for U.S. mortgages dropped for the fourth week in a row, to levels not seen since the beginning of the year, according to a survey released by finance company Freddie Mac  on Thursday.
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The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), whose members provide 98 per cent of all mortgages, said gross lending suffered its first annual fall for four years during September.
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Marking the worst sales year on record, new home sales dropped by 26.4% last year to 774,000.
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U.S. mortgage applications fell last  week as interest rates hit their highest in over four years, an  industry trade group said on Wednesday.
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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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Interest rates on U.S. 30- and  15-year mortgages fell this week to their lowest levels since  early April as the housing market showed little sign of slowing  despite the Federal Reserve's move to raise interest rates,  mortgage finance company Freddie Mac said on Thursday.
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The number of new mortgages being given to house movers falls by 20% in the past year, Bank of England figures show.
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WASHINGTON - New-homes sales tumbled in August to their lowest level in seven years, a stark sign the credit crunch is aggravating an already painful housing slump.
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The number of first-time home buyers in the UK has sunk to its lowest point since 1980, mortgage lender Halifax says.