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Hector Sants to leave FSA
The Financial Services Authority has announced that Hector Sants will leave the organisation in the summer of 2010, after three years as chief executive officer
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Tenant enquiries jump 94% at Countrywide
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Mint & IWM link up with Assurant Intermediary
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Housing market hit by bad weather
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Short-term rate shocks should not deter buyers
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Defaqto awards financial services star ratings
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Property investment firms upbeat for 2010
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Developers switch focus from FTBs to families
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Remortgaging cheaper than most SVR deals
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Leadbay offers telephone qualified remortgage leads
Analysis
market watch
It’s good to see more products on the market but it means little if they are not competitive - after all, it doesn’t make any difference if lenders have 300 products each if they are all rubbish
Lasting benefits of lower interest rates
In my last column I spoke about the multitude of house price indices and would now like to turn my attention to mortgage affordability.
Caption Competition
CAN YOU HAVE A POP TO WIN THIS POSH MONTBLANC ROLLERBALL PEN?
The Mortgage Strategy Natalies and Abbey for Intermediaries’ Siobhan O’Shea (right) toast the new year.
Monty's Blog
Interest rates enter the expectation phase
Let’s be honest, I am sure no-one expected to see that the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee, had suddenly raised rates from their current 0.5% level, although some commentators have been a little jittery with inflation nudging 3%.
John Charcol's Blog
Can that really be true?
To promote lower rates on a third of its two-year fixes (those with a maximum LTV of 80%) Santander has put out a press release headlined “Demand for tracker deals plummets as homeowners look to make fixed rate hay while the base rate shines”.
MS Blog
The Lost Commission
The Mortgage Times saga seems to contain more twists than a Dan Brown novel, with every chapter leaving appointed representatives with even more questions.
