Mortgages

Positive Solution has collaborated with a number of conveyancing firms to offer advisers the chance to earn extra referral income.

A mortgage broker has been banned and fined £100,000 by the FSA for fraudulent activities.

A lack of clarity over the future of stamp duty has had a negative impact on house sales, according to the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA).

The Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) is offering support to standalone brokers who may be struggling in the credit crunch.

Political one-upmanship by the Government and opposition parties is preventing home information packs (HIPs) from being delivered in full, and letting down homebuyers, AHIPP says.

Fee-based IFA support service provider threesixy, has launched a product panel for its clients, listing partners offering ‘third way' pension products.

Home repossessions have risen by over 40% since the end of 2007, according to figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).

House prices have already fallen by nearly a fifth since the second quarter of 2007, according to the Liberal Democrats.

House prices have fallen back to the same level seen in June 2006, according to the UK's biggest mortgage lender.

While mortgage rates have fallen in recent weeks, Moneyfacts.co.uk says borrowers should be wary of the rising costs of arrangement fees.