The AMI says procuration fees must remain a remuneration option when the FSA sets its final rules for the mortgage market next month.

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has introduced its first products since its launch last week.

A mortgage broker banned by the FSA inflated his declared £15,000 annual income to £188,000 on a mortgage application for himself.

Almost 1,000 new mortgage products hit the shelves in January - the biggest monthly increase in a year - according to sourcing firm Mortgage Brain.

Virgin Money chairman Brian Pitman has confirmed rumours the bank is interested in buying Lloyds and Royal Bank of Scotland branches.

The equity release industry has spoken out against calls from the Society for Equity Release Advisers (SERA) to ban telephone-based equity release advice.

Gross mortgage lending by building societies jumped 15% to £1.8bn between November and December, figures released by the Building Societies Association (BSA) show.

Brokers are finally getting back to a level playing field in the mortgage market for the first time in two years, according to Moneyfacts.

High-pressure sales techniques and exploitative advertising by sale & rent back companies will be banned under a new FSA regime.

The FSA's Mortgage Market Review must not contain reactionary regulatory intervention, according to the Building Societies Association (BSA).