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Number of first-time buyers rise by 15% in London in 2012

  The number of first-time buyers in London rose by 15% in 2012, marking the largest annual total since 2007, according to new data released today by the Council of Mortgage Lenders. A total of 37,300 first-time buyers bought a …

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Paradigm adds Hinckley and Rugby BS to lender panel‏

  Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, has further extended its burgeoning lender panel with the announcement that Hinckley & Rugby Building Society (HRBS) has been added to its roster. The mutual is represented primarily in larger towns and …

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Kent Reliance launches BTL range

  Kent Reliance, part of the OneSavings Bank Group, has today launched a series of Buy to let products available to brokers across the standard, specialist and large loan markets. Key features of the Buy to let products include: – …

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Investec offers New Mortgage product aimed at Professionals

  Investec, the specialist bank and asset manager, has launched a new range of mortgage products aimed specifically to professionals such as accountants, architects, dentists and lawyers. Investec Professional Mortgages are only available through professional mortgage intermediaries and rates start …

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2012 mortgage lending hits £195 million at Saffron Building Society‏

  Saffron Building Society has announced that gross mortgage lending reached a record £195 million in 2012, an increase of 22% from the Society’s 2011 figure of £160 million (£146 million in 2010). Saffron Building Society CEO Jon Hall said: …

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Buy-to-let lending £16.4 billion in 2012

  Buy-to-let lending accounted for 11.5% of total gross mortgage lending in 2012, up from 9.8% in 2011, according to full-year data released today by the Council of Mortgage Lenders. At £16.4 billion, gross buy-to-let lending was 19% higher than the £13.8 …

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Gross mortgage lending declines in January

  The Council of Mortgage Lenders estimates that total gross mortgage lending declined to £10.4 billion in January. This is 9% lower than December’s gross lending figure of £11.4 billion and a 3% fall from £10.7 billion in January 2012. …

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Aldermore launches Let-to-Buy remortgage

  British challenger bank, Aldermore has launched into the let-to-buy mortgage market by allowing homeowners to remortgage their existing residential property on a buy-to-let basis. Charles Haresnape, Managing Director of Aldermore Residential Mortgages, said: “Letting out an existing property rather …

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Precise Mortgages launches exclusive Buy to Let products

  Tomorrow, Precise Mortgages the intermediary only lender will launch four exclusive Buy to Let products with rates starting from just 4.44% for selected postcodes in the South of the country.   Highlights include: 2 year Trackers at 75% LTV …

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CML outlines market forecasts for 2013-14

  The Council of Mortgage Lenders today estimates that gross lending in November was around £12.9 billion, and publishes its market forecasts for 2013-14, alongside a self-evaluation of the mortgage market based on interviews with the UK’s mortgage lenders. Overall, there are …

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