Mortgages

Frances Hudson, global thematic strategist at Standard Life Investments, on lessons unheeded from the 2008 financial crisis.

The Chancellor has set out plans to clamp down on the use of tax loopholes and reliefs as part of a raft of measures targeting the wealthy.

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The government is considering issuing "super gilts" - bonds with a repayment date lasting 100 years or more - which it hopes will allow it to lock in the current record low base rate.

Analysts are predicting a wave of increases in mortgage interest rates after Halifax announced it would increase its standard variable rate (SVR) to 3.99% from 3.5% in May.

The nationalisation and resale of Northern Rock will rake in a profit of up to £11bn for UK taxpayers, it was announced today.

The FSA has banned two advisers for not being "fit and proper".

A "sophisticated" fraudster who headed up a criminal gang has been jailed for seven years for defrauding high street banks out of almost £8m through multiple fraudulent mortgage applications.