Mortgages

I don't know about you but I found the latest report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, concerning young people's attempt to get their foot on the property ladder, grim reading.

Research by GfK NOP involving more than 3,600 landlords on behalf of Bradford & Bingley's Mortgage Express suggests confidence remains high for next year.

UK house prices dipped slightly in October from the month before although annualised inflation continued to rise, according to figures published by the Department for Communities and Local Government.

The Financial Services Authority has fined Home and County Mortgages Limited £52,500 for inflating customers' incomes on mortgage applications and failures in its sales processes.

The Council for the National Land Information Service (C-NLIS) was officially launched in London yesterday.

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee(MPC) has frozen rates at 5% as widely expected.

The Chancellor has announced plans to scrap stampd duty land tax on new build properties with a zero carbon rating for "a time limited period."

Consumers are using mortgage endowment claims companies to save time and help them through what they see as a complex process, according to the latest research from the Financial Services Consumer Panel.

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries is calling for mortgage payment protection insurance to be excluded from the proposed PPI referral to the Competition Commission.

More than six out of ten people believe the government should be doing more to make it easier for young people to buy their own home, according to the results of a survey released by the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).