100% Mortgages in the Press

Observer - Want to buy but don't have a deposit? Here comes the 125 per cent mortgage.

First time buyers who have no deposit are being encouraged on to the housing ladder with the help of a new mortgage that allows them to borrow more than the price of the property.

Observer - Ten ways to step on to the ladder

First-time homebuyers have never had it so bad: two interest rate rises in a row have made the struggle to pay their mortgages even greater, while house prices continue to soar ever upwards.

BBC News - What will happen next to house prices?

People are able to get 100% mortgages or borrow four or five times their income but lenders have not offered the two together.

This is Money - Rise and rise of the 100% mortgage.

The number of homebuyers taking out 100 per cent mortgages has doubled in a year, a top broker said last night.

This is Money - First-time buyers offered 100%

First-time buyers are being enticed to take mortgages for 100% of the property price - or more.

This is Money - Joining the 100% plus club

Steve Bell and girlfriend Hema Savani can't wait to move in. They already have plans to renovate the kitchen of the two-bedroom Victorian terrace when they pick up the keys this month.

Times - 'Negative-equity mortgage' lets you borrow to the hilt

Alliance & Leicester (A&L) is the latest lender to offer mortgages for more than the value of the property, just as experts warn that one more rise in interest rates could be the final nail in the coffin for the housing boom.

Times - You may be first-time lucky

First-time buyers are finding it increasingly difficult to get a foot on the first rung of the property ladder, but mortgage lenders are coming up with increasingly ingenious ways to give a much-needed boost to those who lack the income or deposit to make their dreams a reality.