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Government unveils advice service
The Government has rolled out a free money guidance service.
Government must increase support of equity release
The Government must go further in its support for equity release as a key retirement funding solution.
Government allocates £83m to Kickstart scheme
The Government has allocated nearly £83m to build 5,700 new and affordable homes in the second round of its £1bn Kickstart scheme.
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Tory win ‘will not affect housing market’
Savills Private Finance (SPF) has revealed that over half (53%) of its clients believe that a Conservative Government in power would have no effect on house prices and mortgage availability.
The golden age
Matt Smith explains why there is a whole generation of untapped customers out there
CML urges no regulation for BTL
The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) and the Building Societies Association (BSA) have urged the FSA not to introduce buy-to-let regulation when it sets out its final rules for the mortgage market in the coming months.
OFT seeks Government guidelines on payments to estate agents
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has urged the Government to impose rules around fees paid by mortgage brokers to estate agents, to eliminate bias.
OFT ignores call for estate agency regulation
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has recommended against regulation of the estate agency sector in its report "Home Buying and Selling: A Market Study".
House prices rise 2.9% in 2009: CLG
House prices rose by 2.9% in 2009 and 0.8% in December, according to the latest monthly index from the Department of Communities and Local Government (CLG).
Market Watch
Research from IMAS Corporate Advisors has revealed that mortgage brokerages applying for FSA authorisation dropped by 60% from Q1 to Q4 2009. Authorisations of IFA firms fell by 35% over the same period. Do you believe that authorisations will continue to fall? What will be the effect of a decrease in brokerages on your business?
Consolidated assets
Phil Whitehouse takes a look at the history of consolidation in the building society sector
BTL lending drops to 8-year low
Industry figures have been encouraged by the latest statistics from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), despite buy-to-let lending dropping to an eight-year low in 2009.
Fury as housing minister claims repossession can be ‘best option’
Housing minister John Healey has provoked fury among industry figures, after claiming that repossession was the best option for some people.
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