Bankers blamed for the global financial crisis will see their pay packages limited under a blueprint for steering the international economy towards recovery, according to the Independent.

Mortgage firms received more than twice the number of complaints in the first half of last year than they did in the first six months of 2006, FSA figures show.

Lenders may make billions of pounds in profit from consumers returning to tracker mortgages, advice firm John Charcol says.

The UK commercial property market will take more than five years to recover from the losses experienced during the economic downturn, according to research from BNP Paribas Real Estate (BNPRE).

Building societies lent £2.1bn in July, the most this year, figures from the Building Societies Association (BSA) show.

The financial services arm of property firm Savills has reported a loss for the first six months of the year.

Coventry Building Society has today suspended its equity release range, citing the costs of long-term funding in the current market conditions.

House prices rose for the fourth month in a row during August as demand for properties continued to outweigh supply, according to the latest Nationwide House Price Index.

The boss of the UK's financial services watchdog says a new tax on banks could help prevent excessive bonus payments in the industry.

Self-certification mortgages now account for less than 2% of the mortgage market compared with 10% a year ago, research suggests.