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NEWS :	BBC - Mortgage lenders 'pocketing cuts' Which? called for "a quid pro quo" between banks and consumers as a survey showed recent interest rate cuts were passed on by just 25% of lenders.
URL :	http://www.finservnewschannel.co.uk/717605
Channel :	Mortgages
Posted :	Fri 24 Oct 2008 at 07:47:30
NEWS :	FT - Fear that mortgage lending will be negative More money is set to be taken out of the housing market than is being put back in for the first time in more than 20 years, economists warned on Monday.
URL :	http://www.finservnewschannel.co.uk/891752
Channel :	Mortgages
Posted :	Tue 21 Oct 2008 at 07:00:07
NEWS :	FT Adviser - Speaking to channel 4 news, managing director, Disputes and Investigations, at Navigant Consulting, Paul Doxey said that as many as 60,000 properties in the UK could have been acquired with fraudulent loans. He said: "There's been a complete explosion in mortgage fraud".
URL :	http://www.finservnewschannel.co.uk/605545
Channel :	Mortgages
Posted :	Tue 21 Oct 2008 at 11:17:03
NEWS :	FT Adviser - Mortgage lenders in the UK will be forced to prove they are repossessing homes as a last resort under new rules implemented by the government today (22 October).
URL :	http://www.finservnewschannel.co.uk/155142
Channel :	FSA / FOS Regulators
Posted :	Wed 22 Oct 2008 at 16:51:47
NEWS :	Money Marketing - Mortgage Times has launched a new buy to let deal funded by Platform, the intermediary lender of Britannia.
URL :	http://www.finservnewschannel.co.uk/827517
Channel :	Product News (Mortgages)
Posted :	Thu 23 Oct 2008 at 11:16:58
NEWS :	Money Marketing - Delegates at this year’s US Mortgage Broker Association convention were besieged by angry protestors on Tuesday.
URL :	http://www.finservnewschannel.co.uk/957658
Channel :	Mortgages
Posted :	Thu 23 Oct 2008 at 11:20:09
NEWS :	Citywire - Mortgage lending 39% lower than last year
URL :	http://www.finservnewschannel.co.uk/765057
Channel :	Mortgages
Posted :	Thu 23 Oct 2008 at 12:08:54
NEWS :	Reuters - Government acts to reduce home repossessions Mortgage lenders will have to prove they have tried to help struggling homeowners avoid losing their property, under new rules brought in by the government on Wednesday aimed at reducing repossessions
URL :	http://www.finservnewschannel.co.uk/171851
Channel :	Mortgages
Posted :	Thu 23 Oct 2008 at 15:05:31
NEWS :	Money Marketing - John Charcol senior technical manager Ray Boulger has criticised Halifax over the collars on its tracker mortgage rates.
URL :	http://www.finservnewschannel.co.uk/132167
Channel :	Mortgages
Posted :	Thu 23 Oct 2008 at 22:56:47
NEWS :	FT Adviser: C&G asks advisers not to appeal declined mortgage applications
URL :	http://www.finservnewschannel.co.uk/485154
Channel :	Mortgages
Posted :	Tue 14 Oct 2008 at 21:06:45
NEWS :	FT Further cuts in interest rates won’t necessarily mean cheap mortgages, even for those currently on tracker rates, according to brokers.
URL :	http://www.finservnewschannel.co.uk/617287
Channel :	Mortgages
Posted :	Sat 25 Oct 2008 at 06:56:45
NEWS :	Ft Adviser >>> CHL Mortgages has announced it is likely to lose 40 per cent of its staff in a restructure of business.
URL :	http://www.finservnewschannel.co.uk/582349
Channel :	Mortgages
Posted :	Mon 27 Oct 2008 at 09:02:54
NEWS :	IFA Online >>> Investors in residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS) are acting irrationally, and demanding excessive premiums, says the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).
URL :	http://www.finservnewschannel.co.uk/291314
Channel :	Mortgages
Posted :	Tue 28 Oct 2008 at 23:01:07
NEWS :	Citywire +++ The Crosby report on mortgage finance has been delayed again while it is updated to take account of the latest twists to the property downturn.
URL :	http://www.finservnewschannel.co.uk/213206
Channel :	Mortgages
Posted :	Tue 28 Oct 2008 at 23:13:51
NEWS :	Times +++ James Charles and Gráinne Gilmore Lloyds TSB, one of Britain’s biggest mortgage lenders, came under fire yesterday after it emerged that it was stopping borrowers switching from repayment mortgages to interest-only deals. The lower monthly repayments of interest-only mortgages are often a lifeline for hard-pressed borrowers.
URL :	http://www.finservnewschannel.co.uk/429742
Channel :	Mortgages
Posted :	Wed 29 Oct 2008 at 07:46:27
NEWS :	FT Adviser +++ The future of exclusive intermediary mortgage deals looks grim with many mortgage lenders contacted by Mortgage Adviser revealing no immediate plans to bring such offerings back.
URL :	http://www.finservnewschannel.co.uk/955299
Channel :	Mortgages
Posted :	Wed 29 Oct 2008 at 14:32:58
NEWS :	Mortgage Solutions +++ Housing Minister Margaret Beckett’s lukewarm appraisal of Home Information Packs (HIPs) yesterday, was followed up today by a HIP provider having its authorisation cancelled.
URL :	http://www.finservnewschannel.co.uk/253696
Channel :	Mortgages
Posted :	Thu 30 Oct 2008 at 11:55:01
NEWS :	The Times >>> New figures from spareroom.co.uk show lodgers in the north of England could pay off your mortgage in as little as 26 years
URL :	http://www.finservnewschannel.co.uk/639385
Channel :	Mortgages
Posted :	Fri 31 Oct 2008 at 05:29:16
NEWS :	Times ++++ Three million homeowners, or more than a fifth of households, could end up in the trap of negative equity, with mortgage debts larger than the value of their property, as house prices continue to plunge, new City estimates show.
URL :	http://www.finservnewschannel.co.uk/688751
Channel :	Mortgages
Posted :	Mon 03 Nov 2008 at 06:14:01
NEWS :	Citywire ++++ Claims against corrupt brokers and solicitors involved in mortgage fraud have ‘significantly impacted’ professional indemnity insurers, says the Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB).
URL :	http://www.finservnewschannel.co.uk/964376
Channel :	Mortgages
Posted :	Mon 03 Nov 2008 at 06:17:46
NEWS :	Citywire >>>> FSA bans mortgage broker brothers
URL :	http://www.finservnewschannel.co.uk/421331
Channel :	Mortgages
Posted :	Thu 06 Nov 2008 at 16:48:58
NEWS :	Mortgage Solutions >>> NLA Mortgages has expressed doubt that today’s expected interest rate cut will encourage lenders to pass on the savings to landlords.
URL :	http://www.finservnewschannel.co.uk/104848
Channel :	Mortgages
Posted :	Mon 10 Nov 2008 at 05:07:01
NEWS :	FT >>>> A landmark High Court ruling has paved the way for mortgage lenders to sell the homes of borrowers in arrears without seeking a court order, bypassing Gordon Brown's efforts to make repossession a "last resort".
URL :	http://www.finservnewschannel.co.uk/770113
Channel :	Mortgages
Posted :	Mon 10 Nov 2008 at 12:03:53
NEWS :	IFA On line >>> Competent Adviser has released its TCF Toolbox to help mortgage brokers and IFAs meet the FSA’s December deadline for full implementation.
URL :	http://www.finservnewschannel.co.uk/106861
Channel :	Compliance
Posted :	Wed 12 Nov 2008 at 05:11:53
NEWS :	FT - Ugly reaction to Tarp U-turn US mortgages and credit markets on both sides of the Atlantic have been severely jolted since the US Treasury turned its back on plans to use some of its $700bn in financial bail-out funds to buy troubled assets from banks.
URL :	http://www.finservnewschannel.co.uk/193320
Channel :	Market News
Posted :	Thu 20 Nov 2008 at 06:59:23
NEWS :	Telegraph: FSA says Mortgage Collars may be uneforcible
URL :	http://www.finservnewschannel.co.uk/561371
Channel :	Mortgages
Posted :	Wed 03 Dec 2008 at 14:10:13