Mortgage lending totaling almost £30bn for the first three months of 2010 represents the lowest quarterly figure since 2000, Council of Mortgage Lenders figures show.

A London mortgage broker who submitted 42 falsified mortgage applications for customers has been banned and fined £103,000 by the FSA.

A hung parliament at the upcoming General Election could add £52 a month to the average mortgage, according to easyroommate.co.uk.

Halifax has reintroduced its first-time buyer and home mover promotion whereby it pays half of the first year's Council Tax to help with the cost of moving home.

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) today reports the lowest monthly level of remortgage activity - both by number and value - in eight years of available data.

Landlords saw a 7.6% annual return on their investments by the end of December 2009, according to the latest index from LSL Property Services.