Mortgages

IFA Promotions (IFAP) has angered mortgage brokers by claiming IFAs are the only intermediaries that can offer truly independent whole of market financial advice.

Almost half of brokers believe that, even after the initial distortion caused by the introduction of Home information packs (Hip) wears off, there will be a long-term decline in property transactions, research from the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association...

The supply of affordable homes will be jeopardised by a new government proposal to tax property development, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) and British Property Federation (BPF) will tell the ODPM Select Committee today.

A Surrey IFA has launched a new service, in response to what it says is the shortage of available advice in the equity release.

Just 22% of those under the age of 30 have a mortgage, the latest research from Alliance & Leicester (A&L) reveals.

Gross mortgage lending in March reached £28.3bn - an increase of 26% on the previous month, the latest figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) reveal.

The cost of moving house for the average home owner has risen more slowly than the increase in house prices since 2000, according to the Woolwich.

The government has announced a review of its own housing and regeneration programme this morning.

House prices have risen for the fifth month in a row, although at a slower rate, while more people are making enquiries about purchasing a house, claims the latest UK Housing Market Survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

The Finance Centre is working on a proposal to take over the mortgage packaging company IMB, with TFC expecting to take effective control of the business by the end of the day.