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Help to buy scheme to close this year, Treasury confirms
'Specific purpose successfully achieved'
Labour makes first-time buyer stamp duty pledge
Labour would make first-time buyers exempt from stamp duty for purchases under £300,000, Ed Miliband is due to announce.
Stamp duty revenues 'soar to £8bn record high'
The housing market recovery helped stamp duty revenues soar by a fifth in 2014-2015 to a record high of £8bn, according to research.
FCA may restrict lenders' ability to alter mortgage terms
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) may restrict the changes lenders can make to mortgage contracts after assessing the fairness of the existing regulations.
Govt may 'pare back' Help to Buy after Carney's warning
The government may "pare back" its Help to Buy scheme if the Bank of England (BoE) believes it threatens the UK's economic recovery, Nick Clegg has said.
Economists heap pressure on Osborne over Help to Buy
Prominent economists have added to calls for the government to pull back from the mortgage guarantee element of its Help to Buy initiative, arguing it is no longer needed.
Four things to tell clients about the new mortgage lending rules
Four things to tell clients about the new mortgage lending rules
Santander cuts adviser fees for longer-term mortgages
Mortgage lender Santander extends quality fee assessment
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Mutuals mortgage lending doubles in 2013 while arrears fall
Mutuals and building societies have doubled their net mortgage lending over the last year, figures from the Building Societies Association (BSA) show.
Cable: Govt should reconsider Help to Buy
The government should reconsider its Help to Buy housing scheme, according to business secretary Vince Cable, who spoke of a "raging housing boom' in London and South East England.
CML: No evidence of housing boom
The mortgage market is experiencing "strong upwards momentum" and gross lending may top £200bn for the first time in seven years in 2015, but there is little evidence of a housing boom developing, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).
BoE to turn off Funding for Lending tap for mortgages
The mortgage aspect of the Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS) is to be discontinued in light of improved market conditions.
RBS Intermediary Partners relaunches on Monday
RBS Intermediary Partners is to return to the mortgage market on Monday, the group has announced.
Stamp duty threatens to pervert Help to Buy effect - CML
The government is undermining its own Help to Buy scheme by imposing a large tax burden on first-time buyers, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has argued.
UK house prices 5.8% higher than a year ago - Nationwide
UK house prices are now 5.8% higher than this time a year ago, according to Nationwide, but are still 7% off their 2007 peak.
Quarter of brokers report surge in Help to Buy enquiries
Mortgage advisers are reporting a rise in Help to Buy enquiries, despite the fact they are unable to places cases yet.
MPs' stark warning on day of Help to Buy launch
The government's popular Help to Buy mortgage scheme could threaten financial stability if it is mismanaged, a group of MPs has warned.
Govt brings forward Help to Buy launch date
The second part of the Help to Buy scheme will be available from next week after the Government brought forward the launch date by three months.
Ed Balls: Help to Buy will squeeze out first-time buyers
Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls has warned the government's Help to Buy scheme will make it harder for would-be first-time buyers to get onto the housing ladder.
Quarter of homebuyers 'paying at least £7k stamp duty'
More than a quarter of home-buyers in England and Wales are now paying stamp duty at the higher rates of 3% or more, research suggests.
HSBC launches ‘all-time low' 1.49% mortgage
HSBC has launched the lowest ever fixed rate mortgage seen in the UK mortgage market with a 1.49% headline rate product.
Lloyds returns to profit; eyes orphaned IFA clients
Lloyds Banking Group is back in the black after announcing a profit before tax of £2.1bn for the six months to the end of June - and said it is on course to target IFA clients orphaned by the Retail Distribution Review (RDR).
Home sales data hints at full-blown recovery
The housing market revival witnessed in recent months may soon become a full-scale recovery, figures obtained by a property survey suggest.
