Mortgages

House prices rose by 1% in September according to the latest figures from the Halifax, taking the annual rate of house price inflation to 8% - its lowest rate since April.

The AA has begun offering will writing, inheritance tax planning and conveyancing services by referral with a view to making such services available direct to consumers once the Legal Services Bill is given Royal Assent.

The Financial Ombudsman Service caused a lot of anger among IFAonline readers last week with a double whammy in its monthly newsletter, attacking so-called ‘dramatic' claims and saying a small firms division is unnecessary.

With the battle of the new and established lenders well under way, can any particular lender achieve high profit margins, fantastic service and market leading rates, all at the same time? Or is this a dream, an impossible reality?

The government's Open Market Homebuy shared-equity scheme launched with only three lenders today, rather than the originally proposed four.

New Star Asset Management is to launch a global commercial property portfolio next year, which will ...

Barclays will launch the new service which it says will provide "advice and assistance for British people wanting to buy and live in Spain, France, Italy and Portugal," this weekend.

The number of mortgage approvals fell to 119,000 in August, according to figures from the Bank of England.

HSBC says the launch of an online property buying advice centre will not be used merely as a means to push HSBC products on first-time buyers.

‘Dramatic' claims against the Financial Ombudsman Service are unlikely to rock the foundations of the scheme, says chief ombudsman Walter Merricks.