Mortgages

Landlords are being told to proceed with caution when letting to tenants who claim housing benefit, according to Lettingagent.com.

Mortgage Business Expo London, a mortgage and property finance trade show for IFAs, will hold seminars next month.

Stamp duty revenue from residential property sales has risen 40% in 2006/07, according to figures from HM Revenue and Customs.

IFAs using Premier Mortgage Services will be able to benefit from special rates on Norwich Union equity release products it was announced today.

Landlords with student property in their portfolios are benefiting from significantly higher rental yields than the buy-to-let market as a whole, according to Paragon.

Growth in net lending secured on property has fallen in August compared with July and is also down on the previous six-month average, according to the Bank of England.

Wave, the specialist lending arm of Merrill Lynch, will make a number of changes to its mortgage range from tomorrow, 2 October.

Nationwide has today announced a number of changes to its fixed rate and tracker mortgages.

Sesame has today announced it will run a series of mortgage seminars to update advisers on its mortgage service and to give an insight into recent regulatory and product developments.

Paradigm Mortgage Services, a mortgage proposition from Paradigm Partners, has officially launched today.