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Halifax has announced the launch of a new improved website for mortgage intermediaries.

Details of a dry-run test for Home Information Packs (HIPs) already underway, have been released by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM).

Non-conforming mortgage business is currently on the increase according to broker research from GMAC-RFC.

Interest in commercial property investment has soared in recent years and is expected increase further according to the latest annual commercial property forecast published by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

House prices increased slightly in March, but a quarterly gain of just 1.6% suggests the market rebound may again be beginning to level off, according to the latest Halifax House Price Index.

New licences costing over £1,000 which become mandatory for Houses in Multiple Occupancy (HMO) from 6 April, should only affect selected areas of the rental market, says Landlord Mortgages.

Around 1.5 million homes are currently valued at more than the 2006/07 inheritance tax (IHT) threshold of £285,000, with the number set to triple in the next 14 years, according to research from Halifax.

The latest Mortgage Intermediary Census on Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) reveals there is widespread support for the "de-linking" of PPI from associated mortgage products and the "de-bundling" of the individual elements of accident, unemployment...

Scarborough Building Society has sold two mortgage portfolios worth almost £500m to Basinghall Finance, West LB's newly formed mortgage lender.

House prices are back on a strong upward trend after a brief pause in February, but deteriorating affordability could act as a brake to the market, claims the latest Nationwide House Price Report.