Tuesday, Apr 29, 2008

So much for switching to interest only

guardian: Abbey clamps down on interest-only deals

Abbey today become the first major high street lender to clamp down on low-cost "interest-only" mortgages by reducing the maximum loan for such deals to as little as 50% of the property's value

Posted by mken @ 12:29 PM (358 views) Add Comment

2 Comments

1. doomwatch said...

So are they, in effect, saying there is a potential of a 50% drop in house prices ?

Tuesday, April 29, 2008 12:32PM Report Comment
 

2. pelethar said...

If other lenders follow suit, this could be the biggest news yet.

Tuesday, April 29, 2008 01:59PM Report Comment
 

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