CML expects that Mortgage lending would leap higher and regain its position from the slow pace in the year 2010. January 2010 proved to be a very slow month, and the rise that was observed in December 2009 fell in January 2010. But it is expected that soon December’s boost will be acquired completely in the next months of 2010, and it is due to the closing of the stamp duty concession that was incorporated on 1^st January, 2010.

A rise is expected in later months of 2010, the current down situation is due to the purchasing of property before 1^st January by the purchasers, according to CML.

CML representative Bernard Clarke stated:

“We are still in a market in which it is not as competitive as it was and those circumstances will only improve very slowly.”

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The number of homeowners falling behind on their mortgage payments has reached the highest level in 12 years. The banks have been accused of cashing in on struggling households as the number increases.

The charges imposed on home owners in arrears by Britain’s high street lenders have been described as unfair by politicians and economists.

According to The Treasury Select Committee the lenders are charging as much as £150 for a visit by a debt counselor and £35 for sending a letter or making a phone call. These are excessive charges that go beyond covering administrative costs and are used to boost profits which is intolerable.

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