Mortgages

As we draw to the end of 2003, anyone wishing to be directly authorised, and who has not already registered, is recommended to do so at the earliest opportunity. It is also advisable that even if a firm has not made a decision between direct authorisation...

The House Price Index October 2003 from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has put the average house price in the UK at £161,365 with prices up 12.1% on the year before.

The Portman Building Society has chosen Axa Insurance at the expense of Royal & Sun Alliance (R&SA) to underwrite its household insurance account. The move will see Portman put a freeze on its rates until 2005.

One of the most interesting developments from the software sector this year has rather crept up on the mortgage market. While a lot of the focus has been on the sourcing systems and online trading facilities available from specialist providers, one of...

Almost half of mortgage advisers have yet to decide which regulatory route they will opt for at M-Day on October 31st 2004, suggests research, even though there are now just ten months to go.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has reiterated its commitment to ensuring firms choose what is best for them commercially and said it has no preference as to whether they become directly authorised or appointed representatives of a principal firm....

Reaction to the Miles review has been mixed, with many feeling it has shed little new light on the problems facing the long-term mortgage market.

What is right to buy? The right to buy scheme was introduced in the 1980s by the Conservative g...

Bradford & Bingley says it will buy up to £1.4bn worth of additional mortgages from GMAC-RFC next year to help boost its mortgage lending business.

A Mark Lofthouse, chief executive of Mortgage Brain Ltd