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A look back at this week’s most read stories

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  • 13/09/2013
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A look back at this week’s most read stories
Each Friday, Mortgage Solutions rounds up the most popular articles on the website over the past week.

This week’s top five stories:

1) Former police officer jailed for ‘breathtaking’ mortgage fraud

Two landlords including an ex-police officer, two lawyers and a co-conspirator have been jailed for their part in north Wales’ biggest mortgage fraud.

2) Three-fifths of lenders predict broker decline post-MMR

Intermediaries’ market share fell by nearly 14% last year with lenders expecting a further decline post-Mortgage Market Review, Avelo research has found.

3) Pre-MMR rate war could squeeze out brokers, warns LSL

LSL’s director of mortgage services David Copland has warned that brokers could be marginalised by lenders if a high street rate war occurs before the implementation of the Mortgage Market Review.

4) TSB to launch intermediary channel in 2014 – analysis

TSB has confirmed plans to launch an intermediary channel in 2014 as the lender sets out its stall in the mortgage sector.

5) Expectations for interest rate rise fall to five-year low

More Brits expect interest rates to stay low over the next twelve months than at any time since November 2008, Bank of England research has found.

Here are some stories you may have missed:

First-time buyer choice outside Help to Buy falls 18%

Borrowers seeking 95% loan-to-value mortgages on an existing property rather than the new-build required by Help to Buy face less choice than a year ago, Moneyfacts data has revealed.

RICS calls on Bank of England to cap house price inflation

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has stated the Bank of England should consider limiting house price inflation to prevent a bubble forming.

Newbury BS launches mutual poetry competition

Mutual-loving brokers who know how to turn a rhyme could win £250 for their poetry in a competition launched this week.

Buy-to-let boom stokes landlord optimism

Landlord optimism has hit a three-year high thanks to strong rental yields, low rates and the housing market recovery, research has suggested.

Osborne: High LTV mortgages not ‘exotic weapons of financial mass destruction’

Chancellor George Osborne has once again issued a vigorous defence of the government’s Help to Buy scheme, saying that high LTV mortgages should not be seen as ‘exotic weapons of financial mass destruction’.

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