Mortgages

Mortgage brokers tightened their grip on the remortgage and home mover markets against direct channels in Q1, according to FSA and CML figures.

UK house prices are expected to jump 16% over the next four years to take prices above 2007's high, experts have predicted.

A former legal executive has been jailed for five years for her role in a £1.25m fraud involving fake mortgage applications.

Up to 300,000 households have moved more than £60bn of mortgage debt from repayment into interest-only deals over the past three years, according to FSA data.

Halifax Intermediaries will now require all residential interest-only mortgage applicants to provide evidence of their repayment vehicles prior to the offer stage.

A scheme aimed at preventing people losing their homes in England proved to be below target but above budget, according to a report by the Audit Commission.

Mortgage expert Ray Boulger has criticised advisers who simply execute their clients' wishes without challenging or examining their ideas.

Google has launched a financial advice service in the US with a tool allowing users to compare mortgages, as well as credit cards and savings accounts.

A couple have been ordered to pay up to £540,000 between them after spending 13 years committing mortgage fraud.

A bogus investment firm, run by an alleged mortgage expert, has ripped off almost £1m from debt-ridden Scots.