Mortgages

Alliance & Leicester launches New Year mortgage deals

Alliance & Leicester is launching into the 2009 mortgage market with the introduction of a number of great new mortgages with attractive, market leading rates starting from just 3.49%.

Fixed rates drop, but only for some

Legal & General's fourth report in the ‘Mortgage Purchase Index' series analyses trends from over 18,600 mortgage applications made in the last quarter.

HSBC dominates as most competitive mortgage lender

HSBC was the most consistently competitive mortgage lender during 2008 with only Yorkshire Building Society coming anywhere close as a rival, analysis by mform.co.uk reveals.

Email Mortgages to offer ‘third way’ for mortgage advice access

Email Mortgages a new mortgage advisory practice providing consumers with tailored fee-free advice online via email, has been launched to the market.

Guardian launches free arrears helpline

Guardian Debt Management has launched a free and confidential arrears helpline intended to arm UK homeowners with all the necessary advice and tools to help them through their current financial situation.

Equity Release market confidence remains for 2009

Equity Release providers have a measured confidence in the growth of the market for the year ahead according to research from Safe Home Income Plans (SHIP), the trade body representing over 90% of the equity release sector.

The Mortgage Works launches new buy to let deals

The Mortgage Works (TMW), the specialist lending subsidiary of Nationwide Building Society, has launched two new buy to let products.

New buy to let fixes from Godiva Mortgages

Godiva Mortgages, the specialist lending subsidiary of Coventry Building Society, is launching two new buy to let mortgage products.

AMI welcomes support for homeowners facing a difficult 2009

The Government has brought forward the implementation of changes to the Support FOR Mortgage Interest scheme.

Coventry Building Society launches new mortgage deals

Coventry Building Society is launching a new range of mortgage products. The highly competitive products include a market leading two year residential fixed rate of 4.99% available at 85% loan to value, with free valuation and free remortgage transfer service.

Nationwide not to pass on base rate cuts to tracker customers

Commenting on Nationwide saying it won't pass on any further cuts in UK interest rates to 250,000 of its tracker mortgage customers, Louise Cuming, head of mortgages at moneysupermarket.com, said: "This demonstrates the chasm between Government rhetoric calling for lenders to pass on all rate cuts and financial reality.

Mortgage lending remains low

Net mortgage lending by building societies was £422 million in November, a small improvement in October's £413 million but still lower than the £790 million that building societies lent in November 2007, according to the Building Societies Association (BSA).