It is hard to believe that just two years ago house prices were zooming upward and attaining financing for home purchases was a simple matter. Credit was loose and mortgages were so available that lenders such as Abbey mortgages offered what amounted to 100% loans. These 100% mortgages allowed buyers to purchase homes paying absolutely no deposit. Just sign on the dotted line as it is said and you were ready to move in.
So why did we suddenly find ourselves facing millions of home repossessions? People ran out of money. Once the nation’s lenders extended so much easy credit that it became impossible for people to repay, the banks quickly sought to cut losses by shutting down avenues of credit. In this case the first item on the credit crunch agenda was home mortgages. As such lenders not only stopped dealing in questionable loans such as 100% mortgages, many lenders stopped issuing mortgages altogether. They, the banks, had no choice as these large banks had passed their bad notes upward until banking institutions at the highest level (read as Royal Bank of Scotland) were cash poor.
Consumer assistance website, Credit Choices reports that stronger banks are now once again releasing their death-grip on their purse strings and homebuyers with 10 to 20 percent can once again finance their housing. One of the first major UK finance arms to restart the flow of credit via mortgages is Abbey Mortgages. Home sales rank second only to new car sales as essential to the British economy. When people begin to purchase either of these big-ticket items jobs are created and everyone once again begins to prosper.
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