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Chancellor George Osborne has not extended the Stamp Duty holiday for first-time buyers, with the Autumn Statement revealing the government believes it has proved "ineffective".

Saffron Building Society's John Eastgate on why direct channels still cannot compete with intermediaries

Tesco Bank has posted a 65.9% increase in profits for the first half of 2011/12 compared to the same period last year.

The FSA noted a jump in advised sales of personal pensions in 2010/11 compared with the previous year, and said this could reflect pension switching, a practice it pointed out some firms had failed to carry out appropriately in the past.

Taxpayer-owned banks are set to warn their mortgage customers that they must put their mortgage repayments first, rather than renewing their digital TV subscription or buying a new phone.

Aldermore, Largermortgageloans and xit2 debate what's needed

The average age when potential first-time buyers expect to get on the property ladder is 35-years-old.

Britain faces a wave of home repossessions when interest rates begin to rise again, one of the country's leading bankers has warned.

Who moved where in another busy week in financial services...

Colin Walsh, chairman of the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), is set to leave the organisation.