The number of attempted mortgage fraud cases continued to steadily increase by 37% in the first half of the year, according to Experian.

The five largest lenders in the UK accounted for 82% of all mortgage lending activity in 2009, according to the CML.

House prices fell for the second consecutive month in August, figures from Nationwide suggest, but the building society says the correction is "not unhealthy".

The FSA has taken action against two mortgage brokers for reckless business practises that allowed false and misleading mortgage applications to be made to lenders.

Monthly mortgage payments as a proportion of income are now nearly half of 2007 levels, yet affordability is still cited by over 50% of first-time buyers as the main barrier to entry.

Intrinsic Financial Services group marketing director George Higginson is to leave the network.

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has revised down its forecast on the numbers of borrowers who will fall behind with mortgage payments or lose their homes.

The FSA has issued a warning against Sevenoaks-based sole trader Mark Ainley for breaching his authorisation by entering into sale and rent back agreements.

Birmingham-based Wise Owl Services is no longer permitted to conduct insurance and mortgage activity after the FSA contacted the firm over concerns about its sales practices.

Three people have been sentenced to a total of almost ten years in prison for defrauding mortgage lenders of £4.6m.