It has never been more important to obtain a mortgage quote given that the average mortgage fee has shot up 70.3 per cent in the past four years, according to research from Moneyfacts.co.uk.

Government proposals announced yesterday regarding the relaxation of planning laws won't cause a rush for mortgages for extensions if Rachel Reeves MP is to be believed.

The Government has today published its much talked about proposals for relaxing planning rules, opening the way for extensive home developments.

The British Chambers of Commerce has called for more government spending on infrastructure as it predicted that UK GDP would shrink by 0.4% in 2012.

New statistics from the Bank of England have shown a slight increase in the number of home loan approvals during July.

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New statistics from the Bank of England have shown a slight increase in the number of home loan approvals during July.

The latest property report published by Savills indicates that prime residential London property will increase nearly 23% in the next 5 years.

In just three months, consumer views of the service they receive from banks and building societies have swung markedly in favour of building societies and other mutual lenders and deposit takers.

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has admitted that its repossession figures released earlier this month may have been 'overly pessimistic'.  read more