Halifax

Last night's Panorama programme has caused a heated debate within the financial and legal communities over will writing.

Annual house price growth fell to 4.9% in July from 6.3% the previous month, according to Halifax.

House prices fell for the third consecutive month in June as the market recovery showed further signs of faltering, according to the Halifax.

Lloyds is to slash 650 jobs across the UK with insurance and back office-based staff in Nottingham and Chester hardest hit.

House prices fell slightly in May by 0.4% following a 0.1% decline in April, according to the Halifax House Price Index.

Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) is further tightening the criteria it applies to its Halifax-branded interest-only mortgages and scrapping them completely on homeloans over £500,000.

Average UK property prices fell marginally by 0.1% in April, leaving the typical home worth £168,202.

Halifax has reintroduced its first-time buyer and home mover promotion whereby it pays half of the first year's Council Tax to help with the cost of moving home.

Moneyfacts has revealed that state-funded banks charged higher than average rates on their products over the last year, despite the Bank of England base rate remaining at 0.5%.

State funded banks are becoming less willing to actively compete with privately owned rivals, according to Moneyfacts.