Mortgages

The FSA today fired a fresh warning shot at fraudulent mortgage brokers after banning yet another adviser.

Talk of a revival in the housing market remains unfounded, Nationwide says, after the building society published data showing house prices are still falling.

The Guardian Financial Group has launched Legal Issues, a free online legal service offering brokers access to a select panel of lawyers.

The Association of IFAs (AIFA) has criticised consumer watchdog Which? after it hinted its report into the quality of equity release advice given by intermediaries will be far from glowing.

It may well be that the entire UK population has Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) but I do get some sense that having moved to British Summer Time we are all trying to be that much more positive about the current economic situation.

Brokers will soon be assessing borrowers with questionable credit ratings on behalf of lenders, according to a study examining what the future of the mortgage market could look like.

At least five members of Aviva Investors' sales team are being made redundant as part of massive job cuts at Norwich Union Life.

All measures of mortgage lending by banks weakened marginally in March, according to the British Bankers' Association (BBA).

Measures unveiled in this week's Budget to boost the housing market will have little impact on current trends, the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) says.

Barclays intends to increase lending to its UK customers and clients in 2009 by £11bn, with half of that figure going to homeowners and homebuyers.