Halifax

UK house prices fell unexpectedly last month, dropping 1% between November and December, although the market still registered near double-digit gains for 2006, says the Financial Times .

Middle to lower-income earners - C1C2DEs - will become even less attractive than they perhaps already are as potential leads for adviser businesses, according to research published by Key Note.

I don't think I'll ever get over the sight of Richard Walsh, head of health and protection at the Association of British Insurers, dressed up as Sid Vicious and singing ‘My Way'.

Spa towns have higher average house prices than their region, according to research from Halifax Estate Agents.

Over 290,00 private homes in England, roughly equivalent to 1.6% of all privately-owned property in the region, have been empty for more than six months, according to new research from the Halifax.

The Bank of England's monetary policy committee has frozen the base interest rate at 4.75% for the second successive month amid growing anticipation that it will most likely increase the rate in November.

House prices rose by 1% in September according to the latest figures from the Halifax, taking the annual rate of house price inflation to 8% - its lowest rate since April.

The average house price is above the inheritance tax threshold of £285,000 in 10% of English towns, new research from Halifax claims.

The West coast is where house prices rise fastest of any coastal region of England and Wales, Halifax says.

Its not often I feel the need to go back and revise something I've written - in fact the urge to do so has never taken hold of me before.