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Mortgage fees: How high is too high?
Last week, financial information firm Moneyfacts revealed the average arrangement fee on a residential deal soared from £889 in 2010 to around £1,500 in 2011, up almost 70%.
Barclays to drop BTL application fee by £500 on smaller loans
Barclays will be lowering its application fee for buy-to-let deals of between £125,000 and £200,000 from tomorrow.
Chelsea BS launches record low 5-yr fix at 3.19%
Chelsea Building Society, part of the Yorkshire Building Society group, has launched a record low five-year fixed rate at 3.19%, available up to 70% LTV.
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Cost of moving home rises to £8,922
The total cost of moving home has increased by 69% in the last decade, rising from £5,290 in 2001 to £8,922 last year.
Mortgage fees up nearly 70% year-on-year
Mortgage fees have risen by 68.5% over the last 12 months despite interest rates at a historic low of 0.50%, Moneyfacts has found.
One to One - AFI's five year plan for buy-to-let
Mortgage Solutions editor Vicky Hartley talks buy-to-let, fees and 2012 product plans with Phil Cliff, Abbey for Intermediaries director of retail assets
Mortgage Mutterings: The week that was 09 Jan - 13 Jan 2012
This is the Mortgage Solutions weekly talk back page.
Clydesdale and Yorkshire launch fee free range
Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks are waiving arrangement fees for customers taking out a mortgage before 25 February.
Aldermore offers 100% LTV deal via L&G
Aldermore is offering its 100% LTV guarantor mortgage via Legal & General mortgage club.
Accord launches hybrid deals available up to 85% LTV
Accord Mortgages, the intermediary arm of Yorkshire Building Society, has launched hybrid tracker-to-fix deals on its 75% and 85% LTV range.
Paymentshield slashes broker commission by 22.5%
Paymentshield has informed brokers that their commission will be cut from 27.5% to 5% on 1 November if they have not written any business with the provider over the last 12 months.
MS poll result: Borrowers "cannot escape" paying lender valuations
The latest Mortgage Solutions poll has revealed 70% of brokers believe that home buyers should not have to pay for a lender's valuation costs, while 30% disagree.
Competition pushing down buy-to-let rates
Analysis of the buy-to-let market confirms rates and in most cases fees have fallen substantially since September 2010, but are still higher than residential mortgages.
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