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The FCA is to consult firms on how it will gather more ‘big brother’ information about borrowers and their finances once the Mortgage Market Review comes into force next April...

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...

The eagerly anticipated 2013 NACFB Commercial Finance Expo is being held at the NEC, Birmingham on 26th June...

3500km of punishing Australian outback… On Horseback… In 150 days or less… This is the mammoth challenge that participants of The Stuart Expedition have set themselves...

Rita Dalton has joined the Let Alliance Financial Intermediary team following 7 years at Paymentshield where she led the Mortgage Club...

The number of people successfully applying for mortgages with Spicerhaart’s Just Mortgages brokerage business rose over 10% last month...

The Government’s new 95% mortgage scheme, due to be launched next January, has come in for a further kicking...

A mortgage round table event is being held by Paradigm Mortgage Services next month in Birmingham...

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...

Specialist Landlord Building & Contents Insurance provider Let Alliance has further improved its product range for Financial Advisers by launching a ‘Non-Standard’ Insurance service...

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...

From today, NatWest Intermediary Solutions will be accepting mortgage applications from intermediary clients using the Help to Buy shared equity and NewBuy schemes...

The number of sales agreed during the month of March remained strong, despite fewer house hunters registering, according to the National Association of Estate Agents...

First-time buyer activity remained strong in March with the number of first-time buyers increasing by 20% over February, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders...

Bridgebank Capital has announced the appointment of Magnus Duke as a London based Business Development Manager...

Whole of market network ‘Sense’ has extended its comprehensive range of product providers to now include specialist Landlord and Tenant Building & Contents Insurance; Let Alliance...

Mortgage network Pink is holding a series of business development conferences around the country concentrating on building relationships between advisers, lenders and protection providers...

Buyer demand for property rose to its highest level in over three years last month, the RICS said this morning...

Choices are opening up for first-time buyers. A high street bank has cut rates on its 95% mortgages for FTBs, while a building society has extended its 95% deals to include them...

Four out of five people are dissatisfied with the choice and range of mortgages on offer, and believe they are not enough to meet their needs...

Nearly 40% of tenants who are trying to escape being part of today’s ‘Generation Rent’ could become home-buyers when the 95% Help to Buy scheme is implemented in January...

More buy-to-let landlords are choosing fixed-deal mortgages, says specialist firm TBMC. Landlord borrowers are also going for slightly higher-quantity loans, and their favourite properties are terrace houses and flats...

Shawbrook Bank made underlying profits of £2.6m last year, it has announced, despite an accounting loss before tax of £7...

A peer-to-peer lending scheme has been launched, providing loans for overseas buyers of rental property in the UK who cannot get mortgages...

Bridgebank Capital has announced the appointment of Claire Pender as its new Head of Marketing. Claire has joined Bridgebank Capital at an exciting time for the company, following the recently announced major investment and growth plans...

House purchase lending rose 2% in April, one of the industry’s most accurate forecasters has predicted...

Mortgage network First Complete has marked its third birthday under the ownership of LSL Property Services with its most successful month ever, both in terms of the number of mortgages written and in terms of volume...