Mortgages

Mortgage broker Christopher Farrell, a contestant in this year's series of The Apprentice which starts next week, is on police bail after being arrested on suspicion of fraud.

Average UK property prices increased by 0.1% in September to stand at £166,575, leaving the annual rate of house price inflation at 3.1%, according to Nationwide.

The number of mortgage approvals dipped slightly in August, according to the latest Bank of England (BoE) figures, although the drop has been attributed to seasonal factors.

A mortgage broker from Cheshire is among the contenders for the title of Sir Alan Sugar's Apprentice.

Residential property sales activity fell 10.1% in September but remains 4.7% up on 2009.

Buy-to-let specialist Paragon Mortgages has returned to new lending, with the aim of getting back to its ‘market-leading position' in the sector.

House prices fell across all regions of the UK for the first time since April 2009 this month, a survey suggests.

A Manchester estate agent is alleged to have agreed to launder hundreds of thousands of pounds of 'dirty money' on behalf of an international crime ring.

Mortgage lending by banks has hit a sixteen month low after a fall in housing demand, says the British Bankers' Association (BBA).

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