mortgages

Product and people news, as well as announcements of deals have come thick and fast today in the property and mortgages arenas.

I could almost hear the champagne corks popping around the country on New Years Eve as brokers, lenders and networks alike celebrated a great year for the mortgage industry. I think the the partying is set to continue into 2007 too. With gross advances...

Banks continued to be the cheapest mortgage lenders for existing borrowers in 2006, according to research from Defaqto.

The price of mortgage and life assurance leads is set to crash in January 2007 as the number of consumers seeking to switch to cheaper deals rises, according to lead generator paaleads.com.

More people have moved to the Southwest from other parts of the UK than any other region, analysis of migration figures by Halifax suggest.

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

House price inflation for 2006 hit 10.5% after a fall in supply helped push prices up another 1.2% in December alone, reports Nationwide.

Demand for £1m-plus mortgages has soared on the back of the bumper City bonuses paid out this year, according to a report in today's Financial Times, says the Guardian .

Origo, the standards organisation, says it will aim for ratification of XML standards for pre-offer Key Facts Ilustrations (KFIs) by March next year.

THE BUY-TO-LET boom is expected to continue next year as more people pin their hopes on rising house prices making up for inadequate pension savings, says this morning's Daily Telegraph .