According to the Abbey National falling house prices may be an interesting opportunity for some homeowners who can see the chance to get a bigger property at a smaller price.
The figures held by Abbey National indicate somewhere in the region of 2 million homeowners are considering a move as house prices drop. Around 1.2 million of these people are hoping to trade up to a larger house, feeling they will get a relative bargain.
As a spokesman for Abbey National Mortgages reaffirmed, a market where house prices are falling is not always bad news. It creates opportunities and bargains that some people can make the most of.
The regular Halifax house price report has shown that, in the year to June, property prices have fallen by 6.1 percent.
The forecast by the Halifax for the rest of the year is a fall over the 12 month period of around 9 percent. At the moment property prices are at similar levels to August 2006 though further drops will take values to earlier dates than that.
The chief economist from the Halifax felt that the current situation, with strong employment meant that the future could be alright for property prices, though were a recession to hit the UK this could very quickly change.
The Nationwide Building Society has just announced cuts to its range of fixed rate and tracker mortgage products.
Applicable from 9 July the Nationwide Building Society 2 year tracker mortgages will have an interest rate of just 5.78 percent, with a fee of GBP1,499 payable. The 2 year fixed rate mortgages will have their rates confirmed shortly, since they were unavailable at the time of writing.
A spokesman from the Nationwide Building Society declared these cuts as indicating how committed they are to supporting the housing market, and their customers. The Nationwide is open for business he said.
