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...director at trade body UK Finance....
...Its price to book value of nearly 3 times trumps that for mortgage-heavy Wall Street banks like JPMorgan, Bank of America and Wells Fargo. But Rocket doesn’t have appreciably higher return on equity....
...Simon Gammon, managing partner at Knight Frank Finance, said: “Demand for mortgages to buy homes has been rising since the new year and momentum will continue to build into the summer.”...
...The number of new mortgages taken out by older borrowers — aged over 55 — fell by 37 per cent year-on-year in October, November and December last year, according to data from trade body UK Finance....
...House prices in London have underperformed the rest of the UK for the past eight years because of the unaffordable costs of property, post-pandemic housing trends and high mortgage rates....
...But BetterMed is not on a list of licensed lenders or mortgage brokers in the province of Ontario. The New York Department of Financial Services also has no registration for BetterMed....
...But Chris Sykes, consultant at broker Private Finance, said the minimum five-year fix would allow borrowers time to work through any short-term fluctuations in property prices and for the mortgage balance...
...Simon Gammon, managing partner at broker Knight Frank Finance, said: “The recovery in housing market activity is taking hold despite an uncertain start to the year for mortgage rates.”...
...“What it does is give those people who can get hold of mortgage finance a bit more confidence to be able to do so....
...The share of UK mortgages in arrears rose to the highest level since 2016 in the last three months of 2023, according to Bank of England data underlining the impact of high mortgage rates on household finances...
...Simon Gammon, managing partner at broker Knight Frank Finance, said: “At 1.23 per cent, the proportion of loan balances in arrears is still very low, but the pace at which it is rising will be a source of...
...The problem from the perspective of a markets and finance blog is that mortgage-market dynamics hinge on quantifiable and measurable metrics, whereas the UK rental market is more like a prisoner’s dilemma...
...But the 9.2 per cent rise highlighted how increased financing costs have hit tenants, because of landlords withdrawing properties from the market or passing on the cost of higher mortgage payments....
...Research from the Royal Bank of Canada shows that about C$900bn* worth of mortgages — almost 60 per cent of all outstanding mortgages at chartered banks in Canada — will need to be refinanced between 2024...
...Over the past few years UK policymakers have explored the idea of mortgages with an interest rate locked in for the term of the loan, along the lines of long-term products offered in countries like the US...
...The BoE said January’s “effective” interest rate — a measure of the weighted average cost — on newly drawn mortgages fell 9 basis points, to 5.19 per cent....
...Return of Trump The FT writes about how the least divided place in America feels about the inevitability of Trump’s return....
...“High mortgage rates are creating a real void for people who don’t have the strong finances that are required to buy in cash,” she said in an interview with the Financial Times....
...Even the inventory of new homes dipped a bit in 2023, as high mortgage rates put a damper on Americans’ desire to finance anything....
...BoE data also showed mortgage rates falling further from their peaks in the summer of 2023....
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...the AEI’s Housing Center and a longtime critic of the fixation with 30-year mortgages....
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