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First Direct offers new credit card customers boutique hotel stays to sign up

First Direct is giving away a night at a boutique hotel for two, to existing current account customers who open one of its credit cards.  Some of the hotels on... read more

Cathay Pacific warns 9.4 MILLION passengers have had their details stolen

Cathay Pacific warns 9.4 MILLION passengers have had their details -including passport and credit card -numbers stolen in huge data breach Cathay Pacific says d... read more

On the eve of the Budget, a heartfelt plea to Chancellor Philip Hammond

Chancellor Philip Hammond will unveil the Government’s fiscal plans on Monday next week.  Last year, he scrapped stamp duty for first-time buyers but the... read more

UK house sales fall further but are still 40% higher than they were ten years ago

Experts blamed stamp duty for gumming up the property market as data today showed sales of homes so far this year 4.1 per cent down on the same period last year... read more

Yorkshire Building Society launches remortgage deal for Help to Buy homeowners

As of April, thousands of Help to Buy homeowners will have started to pay interest on their Government-backed equity loans, with many more due to do so over the... read more

London house sales take a battering from sky-high stamp duty

London house sales take a battering from sky-high stamp duty, with just 70 central properties being sold a week Home sales in the heart of the capital are down ... read more

Home sales in prime central London drop below financial crisis levels

Property transactions in prime central London locations have dropped below levels seen during the financial crisis to hit a new record low, new research shows.Â... read more

Phil Spencer: Council delays are hurting housing market 

TV star Phil Spencer says councils countrywide are ‘adding needless delays and expense to the homebuying process’ By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on... read more

Banks sneakily hike best mortgage fees but keep rates low

Three months on from the Bank of England’s base rate rise and mortgage rates still  appear historically competitive. But despite the average two-year fix... read more

Are you a Halifax mortgage customer? You could be sent £20

Have you had a mortgage with Halifax any time in the past eight years? You could be sent £20 Halifax to send £20 redress to potentially thousands of customers... read more

Now Brexiteer Tories could block Budget in ‘guerilla war’ with Theresa May

Don’t laugh just yet, Theresa! May now faces Tory ‘guerilla war’ as hardline Brexiteers say they could block the BUDGET and she could face a l... read more

Is Aberdeen property market really the best in 20 years, now oil prices are on the up?

Property in Aberdeen is at its best price point in 20 years as oil rebounds, new research claims. Values in the Granite City have been a rare pocket of Britain ... read more

More choice for older homeowners who want to unlock cash from their properties

More choice for older homeowners who want to unlock cash from their properties By Samantha Partington For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 16 October 2018 |... read more

New equity release deal lets you take a monthly income from your home

One of the most flexible equity release deals to be launched has arrived, allowing borrowers to use their house as a cash machine – drawing out money as a... read more

Inheritance tax and living with sibling: what you need to know

Have you lived with your sibling for a long time and fear inheritance tax? New civil partnership rules won’t help, but a change may be coming Recent rulin... read more

Brexit and buy-to-let crackdown make it a first-time buyers’ market

Sellers playing it cautious on price amid worries over Brexit combined with a buy-to-let tax crackdown have made it a first-time buyers’ market, according... read more

Can I get my ex to pay back £3,500 credit card bill?

I’ve recently split from my boyfriend of two years and have been left with a huge credit card bill of his creation. The credit card is in my name but I paid f... read more

Tandem launches new best buy overseas spending credit card

Challenger bank Tandem has launched a best buy credit card offering those without a perfect credit rating free holiday spending and cash withdrawals. The Journe... read more

Brexit uncertainty weighs heavily on the housing market

Uncertainty surrounding Brexit has crushed confidence in the housing market, the latest survey of estate agents up and down the country suggests. Property price... read more

Should buy-to-let landlords get a tax break for selling to tenants?

We’ve had Help to Buy and now a help to sell scheme has been suggested. New proposals could make it cheaper for landlords to sell homes to tenants –... read more

Four in ten can’t afford even the cheapest homes with a 10% deposit

Even the cheapest homes are out of reach for four in ten young adults, research has found. Around 40 per cent would not be able to buy one of the cheapest homes... read more

Renters in England have to pay up before being shown housing contracts

Tenants forced to play ‘rental roulette’: Charity reveals how renters in England have to pay up before being shown housing contracts Over half of re... read more

Will contactless spending in pubs and restaurants hurt our mortgage chances?

We are about to start looking for a bigger home and we will need a significantly bigger mortgage. We are not looking to borrow an unrealistic amount, and our f... read more

Russian hackers used budget mobiles and ‘high-grade’ Wi-Fi equipment

Western intelligence yesterday revealed the trail of clues that bungling Russian spies known as Unit 26165 left in their wake as they waged a war of disinformat... read more