In brief

Intelligent Finance (IF) has unveiled a two-year discount which will replace its current three-month discount. It offers a discount of 0.46 per cent off the bank’s SVR (currently 5.95 per cent).

Compared to the previous deal the new two-year discounted mortgage saves the customer £568.41 on a £150,000 mortgage.

Wales leads UK house price inflation

The Principality Building Society quarterly house price survey shows house price inflation in Wales has moderated bringing 2004 to a close with an annual increase of 23.5 per cent - down from 31 per cent in the third quarter.

However, Welsh house prices have grown at approximately 10 per cent higher than the average UK price inflation for the year.

Correction

In the cover feature about mortgage networks in 20 November 2004 edition of Mortgage Introducer it was stated that: “The Mortgage Partnership did not have sufficient AR numbers.”

MI would like to clarify that it should have read The Mortgage Partnership MK Ltd and not The Mortgage Partnership which is a separate and un-related firm.