Homeownership aspirations
Paul Smee, director general of the Council of Mortgage Lenders, reveals some of the findings from a recent homeownership survey which found consumer support...
Real work can begin
Paul Smee, director general of Council of Mortgage Lenders, discusses the Help to Buy scheme and the challenges for lenders within the housing market
MAS levy is flawed
Paul Smee, director-general of the Council of Mortgage Lenders, explains why lenders are up in arms about a 1,300 per cent rise in funding contributions...
A modest recovery
The mortgage market is tentatively gaining a modicum of momentum. Paul Smee, director-general of the Council of Mortgage Lenders, points to the indicators...
New challenges
Paul Smee, director general of the Council of Mortgage Lenders, summarises the key events over the past year and looks forward to 2013 as lenders prepare...
Open for business
Paul Smee, director general of the Council of Mortgage Lenders, is seeing signs that confidence is returning to the mortgage market
Action on interest only
Paul Smee, director general of the Council of Mortgage Lenders, looks at interest only mortgages as lenders start to contact borrowers to ascertain their...
NewBuy gathers pace
Paul Smee, director general of the Council of Mortgage Lenders, assesses the first six months of the NewBuy scheme
Arrears trending down
Paul Smee, director general of the of the Council of Mortgage Lenders, reviews the latest arrears data and calls for the government to keep the support...
Boost to lending?
Paul Smee, director general of the Council of Mortgage Lenders, discusses the Funding for Lending scheme. Will it be successful in its quest to encourage...