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An internationally-ranked chess player who swindled £750,000 through mortgage and tax fraud has been jailed. Robin Moss spent more than £115,000 of...

Ever wondered how your tax money is distributed? Research from RIFT Tax Refunds has disclosed exactly where your tax goes, with the...

With votes in and Liz Truss elected as the new Prime Minister, many may have the question “what now”?  When it comes...

Sector data analysis and insight by Credas Technologies, the leading identity verification checks provider, shows that UK estate agents are contributing...

The UK property market recorded the highest ever number of anti-money laundering (AML) checks during the first quarter of 2022, a...

This article originally appeared on Estate Agent Today last week, but is reproduced here in full as is likely to be...

For mortgage and protection advisers there is no disagreement that managing a bank of clients from the initial meeting until completion...

Anti-money laundering specialist SmartSearch has warned property agents are in serious danger of non-compliance with new regulations, unless they ditch documents...

Activity in the housing market continued to increase in March, with Legal & General seeing a record number of searches after...

Both the volume and value of flexible payments from pensions has hit a new high, according to Moneyfacts. Data from the money...

Average property prices in the three months to October were 1.5% higher than in the same three months a year ago,...

April saw significant purchasing and remortgaging activity following forecasts suggesting an interest rate rise in May, according to the Mortgage Advice...

A slow but steady start was recorded at the beginning of 2018, in line with numerous industry predictions on how the...

LSL Group has announced two exclusive five-year fixed rate products with Leeds Building Society. The buy-to-let products – with rates of 2.94%...

Residential property transactions plunged by almost half in April in the wake of a bumper March. The seasonally adjusted estimate fell by 45.2% last...

More than 700 buy-to-let landlords are set to challenge the government's "Alice in Wonderland tax grab" in court. The legal campaign to fight...

Ipswich Building Society has launched five new mortgage products to increase its support for “mortgage misfits”, specifically the self-employed and contractors.   The...

The property market continued to tick over in September with activity up 5.4% on the same month last year. There were 106,030...

More than 10,000 buy-to-let landlords have disclosed previously undeclared income following a campaign by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). HMRC's Let Property Campaign,...

Residential housing market activity defied the summer slowdown to post strong growth in August. The latest HMRC Property Transactions figures for August 2015...

House prices now cost six times income even in the most affordable regions of England and Wales as the affordability crisis worsens. In...

A London mortgage broker who evaded almost £115,000 in corporation tax by lying about his company profits has been sentenced for...

Ipswich Building Society is rolling out new products for contractors and the self-employed as it looks to offer further support for...

Barclays has decided to include annual bonus income in mortgage affordability calculations for clients who meet its minimum basic income criteria. The...