Money Marketing
Samuel Dale Editorial
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Home & Savings Bank abandons stock market plans
26 Jun 2012
Home & Savings now pursuing private investors rathers than stock market listing.
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Which? warns of rising mortgage rates after bank downgrades
22 Jun 2012
Which? says UK banks could face higher funding costs leading to higher mortgage rates.
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Wales considers 95% new-build mortgage scheme
21 Jun 2012
Welsh assembly looks to help buyers with small deposits.
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Europe votes to ban bundled mortgages
11 Jun 2012
Lenders could be forced to stop selling mortgages linked to savings accounts not solely used to pay mortgage.
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Scottish government consults on stamp duty replacement
8 Jun 2012
Scottish government looking to introduce more “progressive system”.
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HMRC targets property rentals in tax evasion crackdown
1 Jun 2012
HMRC has launched a specialist taskforce to target tax evasion on rented properties.
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Mayor of London pledges to expand shared equity scheme
30 May 2012
Johnson visits offices of the Goreco Group to discuss apprenticeships.
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BSA conference: Europe treaty will fail, says Darling
9 May 2012
The European fiscal stability pact is akin to the Treaty of Versailles and will not work says former chancellor Alastair Darling.
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Lenders ditch plans for a mortgage fraud squad
8 May 2012
Lenders decide to target resources at improving their own systems.
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FSA backs Which? campaign against claims firms
4 May 2012
Wheatley says there is no need to use claims manager.
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Lloyds plans to cut share of mortgage market to 25%
2 May 2012
Lloyds Banking Group currently has a 28% share of the mortgage market.
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End of Stamp Duty holiday sees mutual lending rocket in March
2 May 2012
Gross mortgage lending by mutuals up 40%.
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Portillion closes down
30 Apr 2012
Portillion has withdrawn its FSA application and decided not to pursue becoming a mortgage lender.
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Key vote of European mortgage directive delayed again
25 Apr 2012
Vote put back a fortnight.
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Principality Building Society restricts interest-only
12 Apr 2012
Principality restricts interest-only to just three products.
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Comparison sites may fall foul of MMR advice rules
10 Apr 2012
Financial consultancy Bovill warns comparison sites may drop out of market.
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House prices up 2.2% in March
4 Apr 2012
Increase follows monthly fall of 0.4% in February.
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CML: MMR advice proposals could hit third party servicers
30 Mar 2012
CML says most third-party servicers do not have permissions for advice.
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£1bn will be lost to mortgage fraud in 2012
29 Mar 2012
The National Fraud Authority estimates £1bn will be lost to mortgage fraud in 2012.
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1.6m homes on interest-only deals with no repayment vehicle
28 Mar 2012
One in seven have interest-only deals with no repayment vehicle.
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Accord to allow brokers to upload documents
27 Mar 2012
Intermediaries will be able to securely attach supporting documents for each case.
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FSA bans and fines mortgage broker over £1.3m fraud
27 Mar 2012
The FSA has banned and fined a mortgage broker for failing to act with integrity.
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Claims firms set their sights on interest-only
5 Mar 2012
Experts say there will be more interest-only complaints in the future.
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Lloyds makes further restrictions to interest-only offering
15 Feb 2012
Lloyds Banking Group is making a number of restrictions to its interest-only offering from tomorrow.
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FSA: Up to 8% of mortgages subject to forbearance
2 Dec 2011
Regulator estimates up to 8 per cent of households are subject to some form of mortgage forbearance.
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BoE: Mortgage rates may increase in 2012
1 Dec 2011
Bank of England says wholesale funding costs will rise, leading to higher mortgage rates.
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Barclays told to review underwriting processes
28 Nov 2011
Barclays urged to review underwriting process following possible Data Protection Act breaches.
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Metro Bank has sold just 100 mortgages since launch
11 Nov 2011
Lender launched in July 2010.
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New shadow housing minister appointed
11 Oct 2011
Labour MP Jack Dromey has been appointed shadow housing minister to replace Alison Seabeck.
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FSA extends sale and rent back regulation
16 Sep 2011
The FSA has extended its regulation of sale and rent back by bringing all transactions under its control from today unless it is to family members or a partner.
