Mortgages

The annual attack on the stamp duty land tax and inheritance tax was launched today, with both the Halifax and John Charcol calling for the Chancellor to reform both ahead of his Pre-Budget report tomorrow.

The Financial Services Authority has barred John Vincent Burton, director of Mortgage and Finance Club Limited, for his failure to protect against fraudulent mortgage applications.

Kensington Mortgages is providing its packaging partners with the ability to produce automated valuations (AVMs) on mortgage applications.

Nationwide has shown the first signs of concern the housing market may be beginning to over-heat as it published its latest house price index today.

For the last couple of years that I have worked as a mortgage journalist there has always been what I suppose we can call the elephant in the room - to pinch a rather well worn political phrase - of a housing market gone bust.

Mortgage lending hit a three-year high of £9.8bn in October, according to the latest figures from the Bank of England.

Five of the UK's largest mortgage brokers have clubbed together in what they are stating is a loose coalition designed to give them better bargaining power with lenders.

Mortgage application and exit fees have increased dramatically over the past three years, according to research from mform.co.uk.

Landlords are apparently amassing war chests in preparation of a softening housing market, according to Landlord Mortgages

Gross mortgage lending in October stood at £18.9bn, some 6% higher than in September and 8% higher than the £17.5bn lent in October last year, although this annual growth largely reflects the growth of property prices, the latest figures from the British...