Mortgages

Equity release provider Stonehaven has poached mortgage specialist Phil Cooper from Barclays Woolwich.

Ratings agency Fitch claims that UK house prices could be as much as 20% overvalued compared with their long-term average.

Over half of Britons would not consider taking out a 25-year fixed rate mortgage deal, despite a Government initiative to boost the number of long-term deals available, according to Abbey.

Woolwich has launched a new fee free lifetime tracker mortgage today, which will begin at a rate of 5.92%.

Scotland can provide buy-to-let investors with better rental yields than England, according to research released by Landlord Mortgages today.

House prices will begin to fall in August as interest rates give homebuyers the upper hand in the negotiating process, according to Your Move.

Standard Life Bank has responded to strong consumer demand in the tracker mortgage market by launching a two-year tracker range today.

In the wake of June's 0.25% base rate rise - the fifth in the past 11 months - a report published last month by UCB Home Loans says that, in some instances, rising interest rates and increasing house prices are making it easier for landlords to let their...

Almost a third of young homebuyers would forgo financial protection in favour of taking out the largest mortgage they could afford, according to LV=.

HIPs will not be evaded via a potential loophole in legislation, as some industry spokespeople have claimed, according to the Association of Home Information Pack Providers (AHIPP).