At last some good news for the UK housing market, this months house price index released by the Halifax has shown that property on average has risen by over £3,000 in one month, this bucking the trend of the last year.

A 710 credit rating is decent, but it isn't good enough to get you approved for the best interest rates when refinancing your mortgage. Lending requirements have become much more stringent so you may need to work on bettering your credit score before you can take advantage of today's low interest rates.

This article explores the FHA 203K "Rebab" loan.

When getting FHA financing to purchase a home, it is important to know that the FHA guidelines will often require repairs to be made to the home before the purchase will be approved. This article explores some of those common repairs.

With phrases like "Credit Freeze" and "Depression" flooding the airwaves, no wonder consumers don't think they can get a new home loan. This article explains how that simply isn't the case.

Complaining about your mortgage or endowment can be a drawn out affair of phone calls, letter writing and waiting. But if there is a problem with your policy which can be linked to unsuitable advice given by the provider, the matter should be addressed.

The residential property market has been buoyed by the return of first-home buyers, new figures have shown.

The newspapers might be full of doom and gloom but the credit crunch and general economic downturn has to be good news for someone. Despite the stories about first time buyers being forced out of the market by banks refusing them large mortgages, the housing recession poses a great opportunity for those wishing to get their first foot on the ladder.

Just how much can a government do? This seems to be the question on the rise when it comes to stemming mortgage foreclosures, now that there is a continuous slide in the current economic set-up that is changing the financial climate across the globe.

Mortgage calculators are used to help a current or potential real estate owner determine how much they can afford to borrow to purchase a piece of real estate.