Press releases
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CML Northern Ireland announces new chairman
17 May 2013Brian McCormick, head of mortgages at First Trust Bank, has today been appointed the new chairman of CML Northern Ireland.
CML stands ready to help on Welsh mortgage schemes
17 May 2013Concrete outcomes are needed from the Government before the summer break to ensure that the Help to Buy schemes are a success, according to CML director general Paul Smee at the CML Cymru lunch today in Cardiff.
First-time buyer activity up again in March
14 May 2013First-time buyer activity remained strong in March with the number of first-time buyers increasing by 20% according to data published today by the Council of Mortgage Lenders.
Buy-to-let sector continues to grow, reports CML
09 May 2013Gross mortgage lending of £4.2 billion across 33,500 mortgages was advanced to buy-to-let landlords in the first quarter of 2013, according to latest survey data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders.
Repossessions 17% lower in first quarter of 2013 than 2012, reports CML
09 May 2013The number of mortgages in arrears, and the number of properties taken into possession by mortgage lenders, both remain stable, according to CML data for the first quarter of 2013.
CML members commit to communications plan to help interest-only mortgage borrowers avoid shocks
02 May 2013The Council of Mortgage Lenders today confirms that it is working closely with the Financial Conduct Authority and with CML members, who will be stepping up their communications to borrowers with interest-only mortgages
CML Chairman's speech - More certainty essential for market recovery
26 April 2013Addressing the CML annual lunch, CML Chairman Nigel Terrington emphasised the importance of certainty, greater clarity, less politics and longer term objectives in building the mortgage market of the future.
CML welcomes FLS extension
24 April 2013We welcome the time extension and the widening of eligible lending to include lending to non-bank mortgage lenders in the changes to the Funding for Lending scheme announced by the Bank of England.
CML response to EU Mortgage Credit Directive announcement
23 April 2013The Council of Mortgage Lenders today welcomed the new mortgage rules proposed by the EU Mortgage Credit Directive.
Gross mortgage lending up 9% in March
19 April 2013The Council of Mortgage Lenders estimates that total gross mortgage lending increased to £11.6 billion in March - 9%higher than February. Gross lending for the Q1 2013 was an estimated £33.8 billion.
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