mortgages

The industry has raised concerns the Financial Services Authority (FSA) will announce major changes to mortgage regulation in its review next year, rather than focusing on the positive steps firms have taken.

October house prices have increased by 1.3% to reverse falls seen in the previous two months, with the average house now costing £157,107, according to the latest Nationwide report.

A need for more consistency and clarity in the information presented to mortgage clients may be helped by a new computer based system from Taxbriefs Financial Publishing.

ANYONE SELLING a house will have to spend up to £1,000 providing an information pack for buyers as part of a shake-up of the housing market to be published by the government today, according to The Times .

Gross mortgage lending grew to £17.8bn in September, the highest monthly total since July 2004 and 6% higher than August the lastest figures from the British Bankers Assocation (BBA) reveal

TONY BLAIR on Wednesday vowed to do his "level best" to secure a European Union budget deal before the end of his presidency of the EU, if fellow leaders back a new European Commission plan to tackle globalisation, says the Financial Times .

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) has released a report about property and sipps which warns potential investors to be on the lookout for inappropriate financial products.

Demand for rental property is increasing and landlords are positive about the future of the market as rents are also on the up, claims new research from Mortgage Express.

The Financial Services Authority has come up with a cheeky new approach to revealing the mortgage market and launched a consumer website hosted by cartoon characters in their birthday suits.

Almost one year on from M-Day, over three-quarters of intermediaries feel being a mortgage broker has become more difficult since regulation was introduced.