A debt-stricken Coventry estate agent has been jailed for 12 months after stealing more than £69,000 from his clients.

What Insure has launched an income protection (IP) product including cover in the event of someone becoming a carer.

Lenders have introduced a bewildering number of different mortgage fee arrangements since the beginning of the financial crisis, while prices have also soared, according to Which? Money.

Financial secretary Mark Hoban was forced on the defensive after MPs warned the Mortgage Market Review could have a "disastrous" effect on the economy if wrongly implemented.

House sales in December 2010 fell to their lowest level for almost eight years, as the traditional seasonal low was exacerbated by the treacherous weather conditions across the UK.

Leadbay Media Group has sold its assets to the Mitchell Farrar Group for an undisclosed sum and is set to relaunch its brands.

The number of homes sold in December 2010 was the highest for three years, despite the traditional seasonal holiday dip, new figures show.

Mortgage approvals reached their lowest level for 20 months in November, while net mortgage lending dropped to the lowest in over a decade, British Bankers' Association (BBA) figures suggest.

Brokers spend on average a quarter of their time, equivalent to 1.25 working days per week, chasing cases or putting right errors, according to the latest research.

Gross mortgage lending in November fell to its lowest figure since 2000 at an estimated £11.1bn, according to the CML.