Mortgages

First time buyers face an 8% chance of purchasing a property for under £60,000, the figure at which stamp duty is avoided, new research indicates.

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has left base interest rates unchanged at 4.75%.

Attempts by online mortgage intermediary TML Financial Solutions to put a full consumer-useable KFI on its website have been put on ice after tests showed customers were turned off by the facility.

The Chartered Insurance Institute, alongside its newest division the Society of Mortgage Professionals, has launched a fact file guide on regulation of mortgage business to help intermediaries and lenders understand the new regime.

The current slowdown in the housing market is not detracting investor confidence in property investment, research suggests.

House prices continue to cool, declining 0.5% in February, according to mortgage lender Halifax.

Latest Nationwide figures suggest house prices gained in February but that the rate of house price inflation in the past 12 months has slipped again.

As binge drinking, smoking and sexually transmitted infections become more common among women, Johanna Gornitzki looks at the long-term implications for the industry

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