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Negative equity from 110 per cent mortgages

August 1, 2007 by admin  
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So-called ‘110 per cent’ mortgages, which do not require an initial deposit from holders, are becoming an increasingly popular option among home buyers, with house prices in the UK growing fast.

First-time buyers in particular, who tend to be younger and have little or no savings, find them particularly appealing.

However, industry experts, including those at Baronworth Investment Services, counsel against seeing taking out such a mortgage as a risk-free endeavour.

Michael Brill, a director at the company, said that the ideal 110 per cent buyer was “The young professional… who hasn’t got a deposit and knows they are going to have a nice increase in salary in a couple of years time.”

However, he warned that “if we have a crash in property with a negative equity from a 110 per cent mortgage”, holders “could end up with further negative equity.

“That is one of the big disadvantages”, Mr Brill surmised.

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) recently revealed that the proportion of first-time buyers in the UK rose from 48 per cent to 56 per cent in 2006.

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