Mortgages

A blog is the perfect place not only to lay out your own opinions, but also to try to stimulate debate. And when it comes to the fuss made about first-time-buyers, the property ladder and buy-to-let, I'd like to do both.

Over five million households in Great Britain are now valued at more than the current inheritance tax (IHT) threshold of £285,000, research from Scottish Widows reveals.

The Financial Services Authority has urged the European Commission to consider whether a more principles-based approach to regulation would achieve its desire to integrate mortgages across the EU.

Standard Life is launching a new set of income protection products next week which it hopes will put it on a level playing field with the front-runners in the market.

The effect of rising house prices on first time buyers' ability to get onto the property ladder has been revealed by the preliminary findings of a new report from the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) today.

Autumn and early winter means one thing in ‘Mortgage-Land'; it's the time of the trade shows. You can't move for them. And if you include in that AMI's own regional conferences - which come to an end this week in Glasgow - then it's a very busy time not...

Eight months prior to the launch of home information packs, research conducted by online conveyancer Easier2move claims 19% of estate agents are still unable to describe what the packs are with some degree of accuracy.

The true cost of servicing a mortgage has increased by a third is just over three years according to research from new online mortgage company mform.

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has produced a wish list of measures it would like the government to introduce in support of homeownership ahead of the pre-budget report.

The Financial Services Authority has fined Capital Mortgage Connections £17,500 for cold calling potential customers and other rule breaches.