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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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Target appoints customer ops head

Financial software and servicing company Target Group has appointed Neil Andrews as head of...
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Paymentshield launches flexible income insurance deal

Paymentshield has unveiled a product called IncomeShield to provides protection for any of the...
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Housing market to remain flat “at best”

Housing market transactions increase for second consecutive month, rising by 11% in July from...
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New associate member for the CML

Conveycentric Limited has joined the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) as an associate member. Conveycentric...
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CML revises repossession and arrears forecasts

There were 9,400 repossessions by first charge mortgage lenders in the second quarter of...
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OFT declines debt advice application

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has refused to grant a consumer credit licence...
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Broker designs new Northern Rock mortgage

Northern Rock is to launch a new product tomorrow which was designed and chosen...
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GW continues free-free conveyancing deal

Goldsmith Williams has stressed that there are still opportunities from remortgaging. Eddie Goldsmith , senior...
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Tax fraud warning sounded

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has warned taxpayers to be vigilant following reports that...
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Large rise in distressed sales enquiries

Property Portfolio Rescue (PPR) has reported that distressed seller enquiries for the second quarter...
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BoE downgrades growth forecast

The Bank of England has cut its predictions for economic growth from 3.5% to...
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Fixed rate take-up at highest level this year so far

Latest data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders indicates that 48% of new borrowers...
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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...