Mortgages

The number of Home Information Pack (Hip) providers that have already entered the mortgage industry is causing concern among a leading firm of conveyancers who fear they could pose a similar danger as claims management firms in the insurance and investment...

Thirteen mortgage lenders including Abbey, Nationwide, GMAC-RFC, Kensington, Platform and Mortgages Plc have joined together to provide funding for a mortgage standards framework to be created by Origo.

Almost three-quarters of first-time buyers believe obtaining independent financial advice is important before their purchase a mortgage but only 18% of them actually see an IFA new research reveals.

The Institute of Financial Service has developed a CD-based audio learning tool for its Certificate in Mortgage Advice and Practice (CeMAP) qualification.

Research due to be published next month by technology services provider Unysis reveals 21% of lenders found it difficult to meet M-Day regulations and some had to delay other projects.

Home Buyer Systems has enhanced its software platform in order to flag up potentially non-compliant mortgage and general insurance cases at an early stage.

Borrowers are remotgaging and taking advantage of two-year fixed rate mortgages because it is looking increasingly unlikely interest rates will be cut soon, new research claims.

Gross mortgage lending stood at £23bn in January falling 14% from December's figure of £26.9bn the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has revealed.

The value of the UK's private housing stock has trebled over the past ten years from £1.1 trillion in 1995 to £3.4 trillion in 2005, figures from the Halifax reveal.

Up to half of all young first-time buyers may be getting help from their parents to fund their deposits, research from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) reveals.