A flurry of emails has arrived in the IFAonline inbox in response to the ABI's report into commission bias, and the double standard shown by one major life company.
The cost of moving into a first home is now approaching £15,000, suggests Alliance & Leicester, as one-fifth of FTBs spend a third kitting out their homes within the first month.
Young people in their 20s are most confident about the prospect of buying residential property within the next two years, suggests Alliance & Leicester Mortgage's moving improving index.
The average salary is expected to double by 2020 to £50,000 which could then encourage average savings of around £22,000, suggests a report presented by Alliance & Leicester.
Business confidence is generally falling but there are pointers there are positive signs for the economy ahead, suggest Alliance & Leicester.
Around one-third of working age Britons will go overseas to live or work by 2020 because they expect to receive a better quality of life, according to research by Alliance & Leicester International.