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Santander drops interest-only LTV to 50%

IFAonline | 08 Feb 2012 | 10:45

Santander is reducing the maximum loan to value on its interest-only residential deals to 50%, in a move it hopes will encourage some borrowers to select a capital repayment mortgage.

Osborne threatens to cap mortgage LTVs

IFAonline | 07 Feb 2012 | 11:30

Limits on loan-to-value (LTV) mortgages were back on the agenda last night after George Osborne told MPs the Bank of England could intervene to prevent another housing crisis.

FOS pushes ahead with plans to name firms involved in disputes

IFAonline | 31 Jan 2012 | 16:20

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) looks set to hold its ground on plans to include the names of businesses involved when it starts publishing final decisions.

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Virgin Money: The birth of a mortgage lender

IFAonline | 17 Nov 2011 | 14:15

The Virgin Money buy-out brings with it both good and bad news, but it is the latter - the £653m loss to taxpayers - that will make all the headlines tomorrow.

Why paying brokers is still the most efficient route to market

IFAonline | 12 Oct 2011 | 09:15

Saffron Building Society's John Eastgate on why direct channels still cannot compete with intermediaries...

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