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THE IFA network owner Misys faces a revolt next week over a controversial £1.2m retention bonus for two executives, despite offering concessions to leading investors, according to the Guardian .

Last month house prices had their biggest monthly gain since September 2004, research from the Halifax claims.

SPECULATION ABOUT the likely course of action the Bank of England will take over interest rates when its Monetary Policy Committee meets tomorrow is increasing as this morning's papers reveal.

Mortgage lending in the UK is rising at its lowest level since January 2002 the latest figures from the Bank of England reveal.

So two weeks have nearly elapsed and less than half of the UK's mortgage lenders have passed on the cut in interest rates to their customers despite continued calls from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) for the Bank of England to take action to help...

Nearly a fortnight after the Bank of England's monetary policy committee (MPC) lowered interest rates by a quarter point, less than half of UK mortgage lenders have passed on rate cuts to their customers, says Moneyfacts.

Annual inflation rose to 2.3% in July, the highest rate since the Office of National Statistics (ONS) started tracking it in 1997, it was revealed today.

Interest rates will fall twice before the end of the year, according to a prediction by BDO Hoy Stayward.

The increase in total lending to individuals in June, at £8.8m, was less than May and weaker that the previous six month average the latest figures from the Bank of England reveal.

House price inflation has slowed to its lowest rate since 1996 according to the latest figures from Nationwide.