Personal Finance and Mortgages

CML: Lending roughly stable
Mortgage lending showed only a marginal decrease last month, according to new data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), although the worst may be yet to come.

Landlord-broker relations bode well for buy-to-let market
Mortgage brokers play a key role within the buy-to-let sector, according to a new poll, while brokers themselves are highly optimistic about the market’s prospects this year.

FSCP wants fair play on repossessions
The Financial Services Consumer Panel (FSCP) has called for Financial Services’ Authority (FSA) guidelines to be more rigorously followed in repossession cases.

Stamp duty bills on way up
Homebuyers are spending an increasing amount of their earnings on stamp duty, according to new figures, underlining the need for thresholds on this levy to be raised.