Home Buyer Systems (HBS) has launched a credit and debit card payment facility for mortgage brokers looking to charge a fee for their advice.
Almost two million Britons have had to take out a loan to meet their mortgage or rent as the cost of living continues to rise, according to Moneysupermarket.com.
Seven out of ten mortgage holders do not understand the financial impact of rising interest rates, according to CreditExpert.co.uk.
Up to one million households in the UK could be using credit cards to meet their monthly rent and mortgage payments, according to homelessness charity, Shelter.
Mortgages rarely make it onto the front pages of national newspapers except when the rate of borrowing goes up. However, a recent revelation by one lender was so startling that it made it as the lead item not only in the newspapers but on TV news programmes...
THE HALIFAX IS sticking to its forecast which suggests house prices will fall an average 2% this year after rising 160% over the past nine years, says the Guardian .
Health warnings and summary boxes will appear on credit card statements from March next year, as part of a series of reforms designed to improve transparency to the customer.