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State funded banks are becoming less willing to increase their competitiveness, according to Moneyfacts.
The latest statistics from Halifax have added weight to the view that the house price recovery may be losing impetus.
Editor Barney McCarthy previews the latest issue of Mortgage Solutions.
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UK house prices fell for the first time since June 2009 due to the end of stamp duty relief, icy weather and more properties being put up for sale, according to Halifax.
Halifax will stop offering its guarantor mortgage facility from March, due to reduced demand from brokers and consumers.
Halifax has heralded the 21st anniversary of the introduction of fixed-rate mortgages by publishing research into the much-loved product.
Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) has revealed managing director of mortgages Dan Watkins will be leaving at the end of the month.
Halifax’s latest house price index has revealed that property values rose by 0.6% in January, taking the average price to 9.9% above the bottom of the market in April 2009.
Remortgaging activity could be set to rise, with increasing standard variable rates (SVRs), cheaper rates and fears of increases all putting pressure on borrowers to consider changing their homeloan.
Reporter Stephen Quigley previews the latest issue of Mortgage Solutions.
House prices increased by 0.6% in January in their seventh consecutive monthly rise, according to the latest Halifax house price index.
Mark Clinton explains the fundamental importance of pensions to a broker’s product portfolio
House prices more than doubled during the first decade of this century, according to Halifax’s analysis of its house price data.
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