mortgages

Conversion may be a term that has been covered once or twice before but it is something that affects lead sellers as well as lead buyers and this side of the issue often does not get discussed.

Sub-prime and lifetime mortgage consumers are unable to make a distinction between receiving advice or information-only, according to findings published by the FSA today in the second stage of its Mortgage Effectiveness Review .

The announcement that 50 specialist policeman have been drafted to clamp down on mortgage fraud is a sign the industry is failing to identify criminals, providers warn.

The number of homeowners seeking help with mortgage repayments has soared 35% since this time last year, a study suggests.

Consumer confusion sparked by the credit crunch and falling interest rates has led to increased uptake of lifetime tracker mortgages, research suggests.

The AMI (Assocation of Mortgage Intermediaries) says foreign lenders are needed to bring much needed funding to the UK mortgage market.

Buy-to-let lending remained resilient in 2007 with loans totalling £24.1bn in the second half of the year, up from £21.2bn in the first half and £20.8bn in the second half of 2006.

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In its financial stability report of October 2007 the Bank of England identified categories of UK borrowers that it believed may be vulnerable to the "credit crunch".

Brokers hit hard by the credit crunch have started to diversify out of mortgages and into other areas including protection, according to lead distributor paaleads.com.