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1. Mortgage app sends business leads to one in three brokers
November 24, 2012
Mortgage Brain’s app for consumers has been hailed a success, with more than one in three mortgage brokers listed on it receiving new business leads from it. Mortgage Brain says that over 1,800 ‘real leads’ have been delivered to brokers, with broker contact details being viewed over 15,000 time...
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2. Failed mortgage applicants find they need a broker's help
November 20, 2012
Nearly a third of UK adults (29%) who unsuccessfully applied for a mortgage direct to a bank subsequently used a broker – and their mortgage application was successful. The two main reasons cited by people who had unsuccessful mortgage applications were insufficient earnings/ income (29%) and cr...
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3. New regulator will take a close look at bridging industry
November 19, 2012
Regulated mortgage advisory firms can expect a more forward-thinking approach on supervision from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) when it takes over the function from the FSA. Nausicaa Delfas, head of mortgage and GI supervision at the FSA, said the FCA would move away from the reactive ap...
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4. Lloyds suspends ex-pat mortgages
November 08, 2012
Lloyds has stopped accepting new ex-pat mortgage applications while a review of its expat mortgage business takes place.
The decision met with some bafflement. Mortgage specialist Connect Overseas said it believed ex-pat mortgages was a growing business.
At the end of August, Lloyds ...
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5. Nationwide launches five-year housing campaign
November 07, 2012
Nationwide Building Society has this morning launched a long-term drive to boost people’s homes and savings.
It is doing so with support from a number of charitable partners including Shelter and National Numeracy.
Nationwide’s triple-speared campaign is planned to last five years, a...
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6. First-time buyers are chief losers in mortgage applications
November 06, 2012
Six out of ten mortgage applications rejected in the last five years were from first-time buyers.
Altogether, a total of 1.57m mortgage applications – worth an average of £144,600 each or collectively £227bn – have been turned down.
This was despite the average deposit being around 2...
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7. New bank enters BTL lending sector
November 05, 2012
A new lender is entering the buy-to-let sector.
Cambridge & Counties Bank, which launched in June, has announced that it will now offer loans to residential property investors who can demonstrate knowledge and experience in this market. The new products will be available nationally.
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8. Clampdown on interest-only is too late for thousands
October 26, 2012
The clampdown in the FSA’s Mortgage Market Review will come too late for the many interest-only borrowers already out there, a leading commentator has said.
Mark Blackwell, managing director of financial data provider xit2, said the FSA’s new rules, to be implemented in April 2014, merely re...
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9. Most mortgage sales to be advised under new MMR rules
October 24, 2012
Tough new rules are published today that will draw a permanent line under the age of easy lending – and come to the immediate rescue of ‘mortgage prisoners’.
Although interest-only mortgages are not banned, and neither – despite speculation – is lending to older people, all borrowers of what...
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10. Which? calls for tougher Funding for Lending regime
October 24, 2012
Half the population is worried about mortgage rates, and a quarter (26%) of mortgage borrowers fear repossession.
The findings, published in the Which? Quarterly Consumer Report, reveal a fragile housing market.
It says there is an increasing gap between older, more financially secur...
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