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The Office of Fair Trading has decided to inquire into the proposed acquisition by Mortgage Brain of MortgageStream. When Mortgage Brain announced the deal late last year, it said the acquisition would mean that 13...

Borrowers refused by banks turn to pawnbrokers
Saturday 28 January 2012

In a telling sign of the times, a high street pawnbroker has announced plans to open 50 new shops this year, creating 300 new jobs. The Money Shop said it has been having its busiest January ever, with rising demand for its services...

Brothers and their mortgage adviser sentenced after fraud
Saturday 28 January 2012

Three people involved in a buy-to-let scam, including a mortgage adviser chasing targets, have been sentenced. Brothers Billy Blue Ingham and Bobbie Jo Ingham obtained loans for £700,000 in order to buy properties in Salford, Greater Manchester...

First-time buyers search most for mortgage advice
Saturday 28 January 2012

First-time buying was the most sought after area of mortgage advice throughout 2011 on its ‘find a mortgage adviser’ search, the website ‘unbiased’ has reported...

Clydesdale ups buy-to-let LTV to 80%
Saturday 28 January 2012

Clydesdale Bank has become the latest lender to improve its buy-to-let criteria and has upped its loan to value on buy-to-let products from 75% to 80%...

Banks' mortgage lending 'in collapse', says BBA critic
Saturday 28 January 2012

The number of mortgage approvals for house purchase in December by high street banks was officially 36,171. This seasonally adjusted figure, used in its headline report by the British Bankers Association,  showed a slight increase on November, but the unadjusted figure told a very different story – with just 24,285 house purchase approvals...

One in three FTBs at Clydesdale & Yorkshire is under 25
Saturday 28 January 2012

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks has revealed that 30 is the average age for those taking out one of its first-time buyer mortgages.   The banks remain one of the few lenders still offering 95% mortgages to first-time buyers...

New regulator will take different approach, says its boss
Saturday 28 January 2012

The future boss of the new Financial Conduct Authority has told banks that there will have to be a cultural change to avoid the failings that the FSA has had to deal with over the last few years...

Families face losing homes after Court rules lenders can repossess
Saturday 28 January 2012

Families who sold their properties in good faith to a sale and rent-back firm, only to find themselves caught up in what could be the UK’s biggest ever mortgage scam, face the prospect of losing their homes...



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HOM appointment

Saturday 28 January 2012

As part of their continued expansion, Bridgebank Capital are delighted to announce the appointment of Emma Hodson to fulfil a new role as Head of Marketing...

Award winning lender launches new product

Saturday 28 January 2012

Regentsmead, the North London based property and finance group has been awarded the title of Best Development Lender of the Year for consecutive years but that does not mean we rest on our laurels...

New property education packs make life easier for consumers and the industry!

Saturday 28 January 2012

Kate Faulkner who runs the education company Designs on Property Ltd has secured the support of Channel 4 Homes to create the UK’s first property project packs...

Masthaven Bridging Finance secure funding line from Saffron Building Society

Saturday 28 January 2012

Masthaven Bridging Finance has recently entered into a facility agreement with Saffron Building Society where Saffron has agreed to provide a funding line in order to support the continued growth in Masthaven’s loan book...

Power ahead with your property clients

Saturday 28 January 2012

14/11/2011 With the Council of Mortgage Lenders reporting the number of Buy to Let loans advanced up 16% in Q3 2011, this provides advisors with a great opportunity to arrange the clients property owners insurance...



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