Buy-to-let lender Precise Mortgages will start lending to homeowners, in a move which could bring hundreds of millions of pounds of new credit to the mortgage market.
I used to think the phrase "too many cooks" only applied if one of them was Jamie Oliver. While looking at one website the other day however, it struck me that the same is true of the number of packagers some lenders deal with.
It was James Brown who sang about living in America. Well I don't suppose the Godfather of Soul had a sub-prime mortgage, because - as is in the news on a near daily basis - things are far from rosy across the pond in the mortgage market.
I shunned the Sun's News in Briefs again this morning. Instead - enticed by the free DVD on offer - I opted for the eminently reasonable Daily Mail.
One recent Saturday morning, I picked up the Financial Times. This is not something I like doing on the weekend - not when I'm out of the office and The Sun's News In Briefs is on offer.
The government has announced a service that will be aimed at providing consumers, including those on low incomes, with "quick, easy and simple access" to good quality advice on financial products.
Edeus went live on 13th September and tomorrow (22nd December) will see us complete our first hundred days. Edeus's cent-jours have not been as historically significant as Napoleon', but they have been momentous nonetheless.
A blog is the perfect place not only to lay out your own opinions, but also to try to stimulate debate. And when it comes to the fuss made about first-time-buyers, the property ladder and buy-to-let, I'd like to do both.
The conference season is over and the papers have space for stories that don't involve politics. This is a good thing.
What a time we've had recently. The edeus launch party on Wednesday 13th was an enormous bash. Some people might say that hiring out the Odeon at Leicester Square was extravagant, but I think the splash we made was entirely justified! Although I admit...