Inheritance tax rose £701m in June, according to HMRC, taking the total for the second quarter this year to £2.1bn. The,.. Read More;

LSL Property Services has appointed Peter Stevenson as chief operating officer for financial services, starting in September. Stevenson joins from Barclays,.. Read More;

Coreco has partnered with April Mortgages to provide advisers access to the lender’s range of five to 15-year fixed-rate mortgages. Coreco,.. Read More;

Property buyers paid £1bn in stamp duty in June, leaving the total bill for the year so far unchanged from,.. Read More;

The Bank of England has said a “global payments issue” is delaying some high value and time sensitive payments, including,.. Read More;

The Chancellor says there are “difficult decisions” ahead of Autumn Budget to put the UK on the path to sustained,.. Read More;

Campaigners have welcomed the Government’s plans for leasehold reform, even though some measures do not go as far as previous,.. Read More;

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) calls for systemic change and greater support after its latest survey reveals that,.. Read More;

Halifax is cutting rates tomorrow by up to 22 basis points, while Leeds Building Society and Kensington are making smaller,.. Read More;

Accord, Clydesdale Bank and Bank of Ireland are the latest lenders to announce rate cuts this week. They join NatWest, TSB,.. Read More;

Mojo Mortgages has integrated Twenty7Tec’s APPLY module into its back office system. The APPLY integration enables advisers to complete mortgage research,.. Read More;

The number of appointed representatives (ARs) across the main networks prevalent in mortgages continued to increase in the first half,.. Read More;