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FSA allowing banks to ‘railroad' mortgage advice
Property company claims large lenders are “railroading” over consumer advice to the detriment of customers.
FSA allowing banks to ‘railroad' mortgage advice
Property company claims large lenders are “railroading” over consumer advice to the detriment of customers.
Borrowers starting to creep back: e.surv
Home loans surged to 58,610 in January, according to the latest Mortgage Monitor from e.surv chartered surveyors.
Barclays’ net new lending jumps to £6.5bn in 2011
Great escape proposition launched in autumn 2010 helps drive Barclays’ increase in remortgaging.
First-time buyers boost mortgage market activity
Rush to beat stamp duty holiday deadline results in surge of first-time buyer mortgage deals in January 2012, says the Council of Mortgage Lenders.
BSA criticises Osborne move on LTV cap
Paul Broadhead, head of mortgage policy for the Building Societies Association, has said a potential cap on high loan-to-value mortgages could ...
CML reveals buy-to-let boost to lettings market
The Council of Mortgage Lenders claims latest data shows buy-to-let is “performing a really important role” within the overall housing market.
Analysis & Opinion
I do not think mortgage advisers are struggling as much but it is still very tough at the moment
Firing Line: Martin Reynolds, Simplybiz
Martin Reynolds, chief executive of SimplyBiz, talks to Nicola Culley about the changes he has in mind for the company.
Meet your MMR strawman
CML draft rules have been assisting the FSA to achieve a successful outcome from the MMR review
Shifting sands in the mortgage market
While it may appear there is little movement in the housing sector, this year has in fact seen a shift away from advisers as simple ‘order takers’ ...
Delivering a strategy for housing
It is now four months since I left the Council of Mortgage Lenders, so I thought that in this article I would review progress on some of the ...
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Lowest repossession rate since 2007, CML
New data shows that repossession rates have decreased but the CML is “concerned” that there will be a higher number of people facing more serious ...
Modest growth expected for buy-to-let market
Buy-to-let landlords are more likely to focus on reshaping their portfolios than adding to them in 2012, according to the Association of Residential ...
LV= cuts rates on mortgages and equity release
Equity release specialist LV= has passed on savings from the falling cost of wholesale funding to customers by cutting the rates on its lifetime and ...
First-time buyers coming back: Unbiased
Searches for first-time buying advice have risen to a 23-month high, according to statistics from IFA promotion website Unbiased.co.uk
Confidence returning to housing market: Halifax
Twenty-nine per cent of Britons think house prices will rise rather than fall in 2012, according to the latest Halifax survey.
FSA move to close market will prompt rise in repossessions
Closure of sale and rent back market was “not a major surprise” but may have a short-term negative affect.
