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Badenoch pledges no IHT or stamp duty on family homes

Kemi Badenoch has pledged to remove inheritance tax from family homes and scrap stamp duty on primary residences under a future Conservative government. The Conservative leader used her closing conference speech in Birmingham to promise that “nobody will ever pay inheritance tax on their family...
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RICS: Housing market recovery falters as buyer demand weakens

The UK housing market lost momentum in September as rising interest rate expectations weighed on buyer demand, sales activity and house prices, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) residential market survey. The September 2026 survey showed the first deterioration in buyer...

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The indices of confusion

A review into house price indices is well overdue, argues Phil Whitehouse, head of...
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Scottish market recovery pauses

The latest Scottish House Price Monitor from Lloyds TSB Scotland has indicated that the...
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SimplyBiz Mortgages partners with largemortgageloans.com

SimplyBiz Mortgages has entered into a partnership with largemortgageloans.com to offer a large loan...
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Accord cuts fixed rates

Accord Mortgages is to unveil tomorrow a two-year fixed rate at 2.99%, up to...
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Kensington’s E-KWIP rolled out to all its distributors’ ARs

Kensington has launched its online DIP and application tool -E-KWIP - to all of...
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Lifetime – long-term fix divide widens

The average fixed rate charged for lifetime mortgages has increased when compared to the...
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System developed for LPA receivers

The Charlbury Group has launched a Law of Property Act 1925 (LPA) receiver system....
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Tiuta cuts bridging rates and legal costs

Specialist lender Tiuta has cut its closed bridge rates by 0.5 percentage points and...
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Aviva wins Santander insurance tender

Aviva has won a competitive tender process for the distribution of household insurance products...
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Mortgage Brain claims 1,000 new users

Mortgage Brain has claimed that over 1,000 mortgage brokers and financial advisers have adopted...
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Homeowners struggle to sell up

Santander Mortgages has calculated that almost twice as many attempts by homeowners to sell...
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Lloyds to shut Irish business bank

Lloyds Banking Group Plc is to close its business banking operation in Ireland by...
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Stamp Duty

Badenoch pledges no IHT or stamp duty on family homes

Kemi Badenoch has pledged to remove inheritance tax from family homes and scrap stamp...
News

RICS: Housing market recovery falters as buyer demand weakens

The UK housing market lost momentum in September as rising interest rate expectations weighed...
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If AI gives us more time to think, we must learn how to think well

The great promise of AI in financial services is usually expressed in terms of...
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The right scrutiny is a precursor of growing lending safely

Credit markets have always had to accommodate change, but there are periods when the...