Mortgage Finance Gazette

CML\'s Budget submission

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 UTC

With the date of the Budget now confirmed as 24 March, the Council of Mortgage Lenders has produced a Budget submission urging the government to commit to the ongoing funding of measures to help borrowers in financial difficulty.

HSBC reunites customers with dormant accounts

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 UTC

Since September 2008, HSBC has been actively reuniting customers with money in lost or forgotten accounts.

Mortgage applications up by one third at Countrywide

Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 UTC

Mortgage activity rose again in February, according to Countrywide and its 700 mortgage consultants.

FSA extends PPI consultation

Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 UTC

The Financial Services Authority has published feedback to its plans to reform the Payment Protection Insurance market and announced a further six week consultation on its revised package of measures.

Government pledges £83 million for first-time buyers and housebuilding jobs

Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 UTC

Housing Minister John Healey has announced that the government is to put £83 million towards building 5,700 new and affordable homes. This house building was stalled by the recession and the minister says it is now back on track.

Landlords support BTL regulation

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 UTC

The majority of landlords support stronger regulation of buy-to-let mortgages and advice, according to a survey conducted by LSL Property Services plc.

Property sales - a year of two halves

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 UTC

Property sales in Britain in 2009 were 6.8% lower than a year earlier but it was very much a year of two halves, according to property website Zoopla.co.uk.

Metro Bank soon to open its first two stores

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 UTC

Metro Bank has been granted a banking licence by the FSA and is set to become the first bank to open on the UK high street for more than 150 years.

Coventry in merger talks with Stroud & Swindon

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 UTC

Coventry Building Society has confirmed it is in early stage merger talks with Stroud & Swindon Building Society.

Aldermore to offer mortgages in Q2

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 UTC

New bank Aldermore is to launch a range of mortgage products during the second quarter of 2010 exclusively via intermediaries.