Mortgages

Origo has announced that it has won support from HBOS for its mortgage electronic-standards initiative.

Around 1.5 million homes are currently valued at more than the 2006/07 inheritance tax (IHT) threshold of £285,000, with the number set to triple in the next 14 years, according to research from Halifax.

The latest Mortgage Intermediary Census on Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) reveals there is widespread support for the "de-linking" of PPI from associated mortgage products and the "de-bundling" of the individual elements of accident, unemployment...

Mortgage Trust has introduced an email offer facility which is designed to improve the speed at which the mortgage fulfilment process takes place.

General Motors has revealed this morning it has sold a 51% controlling interest in General Motors Acceptance Corp. (GMAC) to a consortium of investors led by Cerberus Capital Management.

Scarborough Building Society has sold two mortgage portfolios worth almost £500m to Basinghall Finance, West LB's newly formed mortgage lender.

House prices are back on a strong upward trend after a brief pause in February, but deteriorating affordability could act as a brake to the market, claims the latest Nationwide House Price Report.

Details of how the Shared Equity Taskforce plans to increase the opportunities for young people to get their first step on the housing ladder, have been released by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM).

The Society of Mortgage Professionals has launched a two-day training event which aims to provide mortgage adviser "supervisors" with the skills required to achieve compliance and a better experience for customers.

General Motors (GM) has admitted the sale of its finance subsidiary GMAC, may be in trouble after it restated four years of financial results yesterday.