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Interest rate rises have caused growth in mortgage lending to slow, but the Council of Mortgage Lenders still expects record levels of lending during 2007.

Fears yet more rate rises could prompt a property market collapse are well wide of the mark, according to Moneynet.

The mortgage application process is let down most by the extent to which customers are kept informed of their application, research shows.

An IFA is calling on other intermediaries to lobby their MPs and push for the regulation of the commercial mortgage advice market.

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There is still strong growth in the market for loans and bridging finance secured against homes, Bank of England analysis of banking deposits suggests.

Lending figures published by the Building Societies Association and the British Bankers' Association have strengthened the case for hawks at the Monetary Policy Committee.

Figures published by the British Bankers' Association suggest there was no letup in lending levels during November.

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...

Liberal Democrat shadow chancellor Vince Cable has attacked banks for irresponsible lending practices and claims they must now share some of the blame for the rise in personal insolvencies.