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Bank of Ireland U-turns on mortgage rate hike
Bank of Ireland tells 1,200 customers they will not face a hike in their mortgage rate.
Mortgage lending at highest point since 2008
Total gross mortgage lending increased by 4 per cent on March to £12.1bn in April, the Council of Mortgage Lenders estimates.
Just Retirement blames RDR for drop in sales
Just Retirement reveals annuities sales for the first three months of 2013 were down 26.4 per cent compared with the start of 2012.
Paragon reveals jump in profits
Specialist lender says it has made “significant progress” and buy-to-let lending activity has “increased considerably”.
Precise Mortgages adds to conveyancing panel
Intermediary-only lender plans to further expand offering in the next 12 months.
FCA to ramp up data collection post-MMR
Regulator proposes new rules on data collection to help it supervise the mortgage market more efficiently.
Mortgage, protection advisers optimistic on prospects
More advisers feel better about the near future as mortgage business takes up a larger portion of business.
Analysis & Opinion
A Budget for the property prisoners?
‘Help to buy’ schemes are good news for those with little equity, Springtide’s Steve Smith says.
To those property prisoners with little equity or savings, maybe now is the time to consider that next move again.
Hopes raised for a good market
At the beginning of each year it is traditional to take stock, make resolutions and plan for the months ahead.
Safe as houses
It has always been known that the British hold property ownership dear. Now it appears this is even more so since the financial crisis.
Is interest-only exodus driven by FSA or waning demand?
There has recently been an exodus of lenders from the interest-only market but is this due to a drop in demand for the product or to the FSA’s...
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MMR Implications - April 2013
The mortgage market has been fragile since the crisis first erupted, will the MMR help or hinder recovery?
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We’re still getting to grips with RDR implications
Week in Brief: A by-now bog-standard Budget and yet more unintended consequences from the RDR.
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Guide to Advising First-Time Buyers
Potential FTBs received a further boost in the latest Budget and advisers are in a key position to gain.
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Does Budget scheme tackle root housing problem?
Help to buy sounds like it will actually benefit FTBs, but what properties are we going to buy?
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Guide to Buy-to-Let Mortgages
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Property debt jumps £25bn in five years
The value of property debt has risen across Britain over the past five years, a report from the Office for National Statistics has found.
Help to Buy to spark housing bubble: Fathom
The government’s new scheme for first-time buyers could inflate the average house price to £300,000, economists at Fathom Consulting have warned.
Northwest customers convert to full repayment
The northwest accounts for more than 10 per cent of mortgage accounts which have converted to full repayment since the beginning of 2008, research...
BTL deals give £500m boost for mortgages
The buy-to-let mortgage sector continues to grow with gross mortgage lending of £4.2bn advanced to landlords during the first quarter of 2013, data...
Borrowers take action over ‘unfair’ rate hikes
Landlord Action is now presenting a case to the Office of Fair Trading and the Financial Conduct Authority.
Borrowers want improved mortgage products: survey
Only 20 per cent of people think the current range of mortgage market loan products meets the needs of borrowers, research has found.