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Bradford & Bingley (B&B) has returned to the black after reporting a loss last year.

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Increasing confidence among mortgage lenders is tempting many to update their systems, with Phoebus Software reporting a 75% rise in serious enquiries during the first six months of the year.

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The strong growth in the £500,000 plus mortgage market is beginning to slow, according to a property consultancy.

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The prospect of a double-dip recession in Britain is increasing with every month as consumer confidence dwindles to recession levels, a long-running study signalled.

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Despite a small increase in UK lending, Bank of England figures suggest conditions are still tight with no change to the annualised 12 month growth rate.

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John Charcol has begun trading profitably once more, following its acquisition by Towergate Financial in February this year.

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Gross mortgage lending by mutuals hit £1.798bn in June, up 19% on May’s £1.507bn, according to the BSA.

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The number of property transactions carried out across the UK dropped by 2.9% in July compared to June.

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Santander UK has seen its profits rise 10% in the first six months of 2010 to £875m, with its gross mortgage lending up 14% on the same period last year to £12.3bn.

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Advisers think the biggest barrier to more equity release sales is the fact consumers don't know and understand enough about the benefits.

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Price growth in the housing market finally ground to a halt in July as prices fell 0.5% for the first time in five months.

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In turbulent times for the equity release market, Helen Morrissey looks at the cause of the current problems and asks if the market can recover

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Metro Bank, the first high street bank to launch in the UK for a century, opens its doors today but none of its products have made it onto best buy tables.

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Lloyds Banking Group is set to review the criteria for membership of its conveyancing panels and cut the number of firms it instructs.

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From September, Nationwide will raise interest rates by 1.5% for residential mortgage customers who let out their homes for longer than six months on new lets and over three years for current lets. Is it fair to charge customers more who choose to rent out their home?

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Bank of England (BoE) Governor Mervyn King has issued a stark warning to MPs "not to read too much" into recent strong GDP figures.

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Which? has claimed Nationwide Building Society will potentially breach consumer regulations or, in some cases, customer contracts by raising interest rates 1.5% for residential mortgage customers who let out their home.

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Woolwich, mortgages from Barclays will cut the interest rates it charges on mortgages up to 80% loan to value by up to 0.21% from tomorrow.

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Property prices rose just 0.1% between May and June with the average house price in England and Wales reported to be £166,072.

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The Council of Mortgage Lenders says the Mortgage Market Review proposals are a tangible and significant risk to the UK mortgage market, with a smaller, more risk averse industry on the way.

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Skipton Building Society has reported a 48% jump in profits for the first six months of 2010.

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The Coalition's Emergency Budget looks likely to hamper UK growth next year despite a strong second quarter this year, according to economists.

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Mortgage borrowing in the eurozone grew at its fastest rate for two years last month, with annual growth reaching 3.4% in June, according to reports.

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Average property prices in East London have risen 26% since the announcement that the 2012 Olympics will take place in London, according to research.

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Leeds Building Society has launched a variable mortgage designed for people building their own homes, marking its re-entry into the self-build market.

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Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) has withdrawn its Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) products across all brands.

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A Swedish lesbian couple were told to live separately and reconsider their lifestyle after they submitted a joint mortgage application.

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David Jones, the disgraced former chief financial officer of Northern Rock, has hit back at his fine and ban by financial watchdog the FSA following its investigation of actions in 2007.

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Majority state-owned lender Northern Rock's finance director David Jones has been banned and fined by the FSA for misreporting arrears figures.

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Broker trade body AIFA said the new consumer "watchdog", the Consumer Protection and Markets Authority, is welcome but the new agency must not let key issues like the savings, protection and pension gaps fall through the cracks.

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The number of tied products being offered by lenders has surged since the beginning of 2010, according to Which? Money.

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Business secretary Vince Cable said banks should be 'very, very self-conscious' about how they reward staff and investors and refused to rule out a tax on bank profits.

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Read all about the winners of the British Mortgage Awards 2010 at London's Park Lane Hilton, with all the video interviews and photos from the night.

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The number of consumers looking for mortgage advice from brokers has increased 24% in the first half of 2010 compared to the same period of the year before, according to unbiased.co.uk.

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Vince Cable has backed the extension of preferential lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), threatening banks with penalties if they fail to provide loans to good businesses.

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Confidence among businesses has continued to leap, with 72% of small and medium sized firms positive about their current trading conditions, according to Bibby Financial Services.

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House prices fell for the first time in 15 months in July, down 0.1% on the previous month, according to Hometrack.

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All Types of Mortgages (Atom), the Horsham-based mortgage packager, became the fifth packager to sign a deal with the world's third largest bank to offer Bank of China's residential, buy-to-let and commercial mortgages.