The average price of a house remained at just under £164,000 in November, the same as the previous month but 1.2 per cent lower than in November last year. The average house price is now 12 per cent lower than it was in October 2007 when it peaked at £186,044. The figures from the Nationwide’s [...]
Nationwide Building Society, Britain’s biggest mutual lender, has told Reuters news agency that it is interested in purchasing the portfolio of branches being sold by Royal Bank of Scotland. The acquisition would support Nationwide’s plan to start lending to small and medium-sized enterprises. Speaking to Reuters, Nationwide’s chief executive Graham Beale said: “Strategically we want [...]
House prices in the three months to October fell by 1.2 per cent compared with the previous three months, the Halifax said. According to the Halifax House Price Index, the average house price fell to £158,426 in October 2012, a fall of 0.7 per cent compared with the previous month, and 1.7 per cent lower [...]
From 11 October new borrowers will no longer be able to take out an interest-only mortgage with Nationwide building society. Nationwide is following the Co-op bank, which pulled out of interest-only mortgages in May, while Santander and HSBC only offer this type of product to house-buyers with a 50 per cent deposit. Nationwide also previously [...]
Nationwide building society has reported a 0.4 per cent fall in house prices in September, following a rise of 1.1 per cent in the previous month. However, the building society suggests that the annual rate of house price change is a more accurate indication of the state of the housing market, as monthly figures have [...]
Nationwide building society reported a faster fall in house prices in July, as the economy continues to falter. House prices fell by 0.7 per cent in July, the fourth time they have declined in five months, and the fastest fall in three years. The average house price is now £164,389, 2.6 per cent lower than [...]
Customers of Nationwide building society may have been charged twice for Visa debit card transactions, due to a ‘human error’. The accounts of customers who made debit card payments on Tuesday 24 July may have been debited for a second time on Wednesday 25 July. The mistake has led to many of the building society’s [...]
Following the announcement of the government’s £80 billion Funding for Lending scheme, Barclays and Nationwide have cut their mortgage rates. The mortgage market has been shrinking for some time, with lenders tightening their lending criteria and demanding high deposits on home loans. Last month the number of mortgages approved for house purchases fell by 11 [...]
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is to assess whether banks have made it easier for customers to switch current accounts. Following a review in 2008 the OFT said that the personal current account market was not working well for consumers. It reported a lack of transparency over charges, making it difficult for customers to [...]
House prices fell 1.1 per cent in February according to The Halifax, contradicting earlier figures from Nationwide suggesting that property prices have increased. According to the Halifax’s three monthly index, house prices were 1.1 per cent lower in February than in the previous three months. The mortgage lender’s annual index showed that property prices fell [...]
The Government launches its NewBuy mortgage guarantee scheme in March, which will help house buyers by underwriting 95% mortgages on new-build properties up to £500,000 in value. The scheme depends on having sufficient sites available to house builders and housing minister Grant Shapps revealed today that sufficient land for 80,000 properties has already been identified. [...]
The latest house price figures from Nationwide Building Society contradict yesterday’s news from the Land Registry that house prices have fallen over the past year. Nationwide today said that house prices are ‘surprisingly resilient’ with November’s figures showing a year-on-year increase of 1.6%. In contrast the latest Land Registry figures showed a 3.2 per cent [...]
Despite the slump in the housing market, Nationwide Building Society’s gross mortgage lending increased by 48% to £8.9 billion in the six months to September. Although the number of first-time buyers in the market continued to fall, Nationwide lent more than £1.2 billion to this group in the first half of the year, 3 per [...]
The latest survey from the Nationwide Building Society has revealed a fall in UK consumer confidence for the month of September. The building society’s consumer confidence index fell for the fourth consecutive month, falling by 3 points to 45 in September – hovering dangerously close to the all-time low of 41. Furthermore, it is 10 [...]
The latest house price index from the Nationwide Building Society has revealed prices rose by just 0.1% in September on a monthly basis. On an annual basis, house prices are now 0.3% lower than this time last year with the average UK home costing £166,256. Meanwhile, when comparing prices in the three months to the [...]
The latest survey from the Nationwide Building Society has revealed a fall in UK consumer confidence for the month of June. The building society’s consumer confidence index lost 4 points to 51 last month, which reverses some of the 11 point rise seen in May, which represented one of the largest gains on record. The [...]
The latest survey from the Nationwide Building Society has revealed a surge in UK consumer confidence for the month of May. The building society’s consumer confidence index rose 11 points to 55 last month – the biggest monthly increase in 5½ years, and takes the index to a five-month high. However, the index is still [...]
Britain’s largest building society, Nationwide, has today posted a surge in underlying pre-tax profits. Nationwide said pre-tax profits fell 7% to £317 million – primarily due to accounting changes. However, underlying profits surged 30% to £276 million in the year to 4 April. Meanwhile, the amount written off for bad loans to customers dropped by [...]
The latest survey from the Nationwide Building Society has revealed a severe decline in UK consumer confidence for the month of February. The building society’s consumer confidence index plunged to 38 in February – a fall of 10 points and the lowest level since records began in May 2004. The latest fall means confidence is [...]
The latest survey from the Nationwide Building Society has revealed a fall in UK consumer confidence for the month of January after rising in December. The building society’s consumer confidence index plunged to 47 in January from 54 the previous month – just 6 points above the record low of 41 and way below its [...]
Gender directive could slash men’s annuity payouts
The EU Gender Directive, which came into force today, could see men losing up to £10,000 from their annuity payouts, according to research by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Under the new rules insurers are no longer allowed to take gender into account when setting annuity rates and premiums on insurance products. Men previously enjoyed higher annuity rates than [...]
Home rental costs down in November
The cost of renting a house in England and Wales fell by 0.4 per cent in November, its first dip since March, according to a survey by LSL Property Services. Average rent was £741m during the month, returning to the level seen in September. However, it was 3.4 per higher than in November last year. [...]
Lloyds TSB halts sale of packaged accounts in branches
Lloyds TSB will stop selling packaged account in its branches from 1 January 2013, until its sales procedures are brought into line with those operated by sister bank The Halifax. Lloyds TSB is one of the main providers of packaged accounts in Britain, with around one in three of its customers choosing to pay fees [...]
Housing market recovery to continue next year
Recent improvements in the housing market should continue into next year, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) Gross lending is estimated to have increased to £12.9 billion in November, helped by the Funding for Lending scheme which provides banks and building societies with lower-cost funding, which they are then supposed to pass on [...]
Newcastle Building Society exits interest-only mortgages
Newcastle Building Society has stopped offering interest-only mortgages to new borrowers, following the lead of the Royal Bank of Scotland, Nationwide, Co-operative bank and Coventry Building Society. The decision will not affect existing Newcastle customers and applications for interest-only mortgages received before 14 December will still be processed. Prior to the credit crunch, interest-only mortgages [...]
Less than half of Brits considered creditworthy
Fifty-seven per cent of UK adults are at risk of having an application for credit turned down by a mainstream lender according to a new report. The ‘Mind the Credit Gap‘ report commissioned by aqua credit cards suggests that even people with a good credit rating and earning more than £50,000 could have a credit [...]
Monthly incomes £22 lower in 2012
The average monthly income of UK households fell by £22 in real terms compared with last year, according to a survey carried out for the Bank of England (BoE) by NMG Consulting. People on lower incomes have seen their income eroded more than higher earners and households still have high levels of debt the BoE [...]
Savers dig deep to fund Christmas
New research from the Halifax suggests that savers are funding their Christmas spending with money set aside for other purposes. Thirty-seven per cent of 2,138 savers surveyed by the bank at the end of November had withdrawn savings in the last three months. The average amount withdrawn was £1,186, more than double the average savings [...]
Financial data at risk from unsafe passwords
According to a survey by the Payments Council the problem of having to remember a different password for several accounts means that many internet users are compromising the security of their financial data. Internet users have 22 password-protected accounts on average and many use the same log-in details for more than one account, even though [...]
Wonga launches Paylater loans on retailer website
Payday loan company Wonga has launched a new Paylater service on furniture firm Cotswold Company’s website. The service, which allows customers to “buy now, pay later” will be introduced on other retailers’ sites in the near future. Although the Paylater branding is similar to Wonga’s, the Wonga name only appears in the small print. A [...]
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