Two thirds (66%) of home owners remortgaging in April did so to take advantage of lower mortgage rates, and some reduced their monthly payments by as much as £500...

Estate agents across London and the South are reporting a significant spring bounce in the market – but say that lack of stock is a concern...

A national debt charity has warned that an increasing number of people aged 60 and over are facing the prospect of losing their homes.
 StepChange said there has been a marked rise in the number of people aged 60 and over asking for help with rent and mortgage debts...

The number of people successfully applying for mortgages with Spicerhaart’s Just Mortgages brokerage business rose over 10% last month. Meanwhile, another estate agency chain, Sequence, said transactions in April were 4% up on March and 12% up on this time last year, due to increased mortgage availability...

The Government’s new 95% mortgage scheme, due to be launched next January, has come in for a further kicking. Administering it this time were two former Bank of England policy makers, including former deputy government Rachel Lomax...

A mortgage round table event is being held by Paradigm Mortgage Services next month in Birmingham.   Like the previous two events in the series, this round table is open to all mortgage advisers, not just Paradigm member firms, and focuses on the potential new business opportunities available in the current marketplace...

A total of 8,000 homes were taken into possession in the first three months of this year, down from 9,600 in the first quarter of 2012, but up from the fourth quarter figure of 7,700 for last year...

Intermediaries have taken market share for the first time in three years. They have increased their share of the mortgage market so far this year in all categories of borrowing...