Mortgages

Just one in ten consumers goes to their mortgage intermediary to find a conveyancer, according to an Easier2Move survey.

Property for Life, a property investment consultancy, says less experienced property investors should look to diversify the types of property they invest in to spread their risk and improve returns.

The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has joined forces with the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) and the Association of Residential Lettings Agents (ARLA) to create a wide ranging review of the residential property sector.

Landlords' rental incomes could be at risk because of changes to the Government's housing benefit scheme, according to the National Landlords Association (NLA).

Mortgages Plc, a subsidiary of Merrill Lynch, is to make several changes to its rates and lending criteria.

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has launched a campaign to help members meet the March deadline for complying with FSA rules on treating customers fairly (TCF).

The number of first time buyers has fallen by a fifth since March 2006, according to Moneysupermarket.com's latest Mortgage Map.

With so much doom and gloom in the mortgage market at the moment it is particularly pleasing for Mortgage Intelligence to be able to report an excellent set of results for the year ending 31 July.

Focus Solutions, a provider of software solutions to the financial services industry, is to host an event to help mortgage lenders and distributors to drive growth and profitability.

The UK housing market is experiencing negative growth for the second successive month, according to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).