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UK property prices continue to defy gloomy predictions of a pending collapse as a new report reveals prices have so far this year risen twice as fast as last year.

The UK property market remains robust and is unlikely to suffer a fall despite recent predictions made by some 'doomsters', says the Centre for Economics and Business Research.

More than three in five first-time buyers say 'extra space' is their top priority when buying their first home, reveals Alliance & Leicester.

People put the rate of interest charged ahead of advice as the most important factor in determining which mortgage to choose, research from the CML suggests.

The Bank of England looks more likely to raise its base rate on Thursday this week after last week's troika of monthly house price surveys suggested property prices are unstoppable.

Mortgages could become the new asset class for annuity liabilities when the shortfall in long-term gilts becomes more apparent, suggests the Actuarial Profession.

A large number of UK consumers are dissatisfied with the service they received from their estate agents as one-quarter of recent sellers say they received poor value for money, delays in the sale and inadequate communication, according to a report by...

Consumers who fall into the Financial Services Compensation Scheme could receive a maximum potential compensation of £48,000 should a mortgage or insurance intermediary firm collapse - the same as a claim for an investment firm.

One in five UK consumers do not associate buying a property with taking a financial risk, despite concerns interest rates are likely to increase later this year, says the Council of Mortgage Lenders.

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries is launching a factsheet to help mortgage intermediaries understand the changes facing them when the FSA regime comes into force later this year.