Mortgages

Three sets of figures released today suggest a stable housing market and the return of the first time buyer(FTBs).

The equity release market has seen record growth yet again in the first quarter of 2005, figures reveal.

Calls for vendors to have more realistic expectations of the value of their property have increased following the publication of two house price surveys.

The number of fist time buyers (FTBs) has doubled over the last month research has revealed.

Trigold has unveiled details of its electronic mortgage application platform following testing with Focus Business Solutions.

Bankhall has announced it will launch its own general insurance proposition, Bankhall GI, in May

The House of Commons Home Affiars Select Committee has said private social landlords should still police their tenants behavior.

UK companies are wasting up to £1.5m and twenty four months on developing unnecessary web-based applications each time they offshore business processes, new research has revealed.

Property prices in Bellshill, Strathclyde rose again by the highest proportion in the UK at 46%, according to the first Halifax quarterly house price index of the year, demonstrating a clear divide between the north and south of the UK.

House prices fell 0.5% during February according to the latest report from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister(ODPM).