End of stamp duty holiday fuelled lending spike

First-time buyer mortgage lending up 74% in March, says CML

The end of the stamp duty holiday caused mortgage lending to first-time buyers to rise by 74 per cent in March, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders.

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Leeds BS launches one year fixed rate ISA at 3.25%

New cash ISA at the Leeds

Leeds Building Society has released a one year fixed rate cash ISA at 3.25 per cent. Savers can access up to a quarter of their funds without notice or penalty.

Lloyds TSB adds to its fixed rate ISA range

New cash ISAs from Lloyds TSB

Lloyds TSB has added two new fixed rate cash ISAs - a three year and a four year account - to its tax free savings range.

Santander extends cash ISA range

Legal & General Investments launches Junior ISA

Chelsea BS launches cash ISA paying 3.2%

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First-time buyer mortgage lending up 74% in March, says CML

End of stamp duty holiday fuelled lending spike

The end of the stamp duty holiday caused mortgage lending to first-time buyers to rise by 74 per cent in March, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders.

BoE cuts growth forecast and warns of higher inflation

Sir Mervyn King has warned of a storm coming the UK's way from Europe

The Bank of England has released its Quarterly Inflation Report and Sir Mervyn King has cut the growth forecast for 2012 to 0.8 per cent and says inflation will remain above 2% for at least the next year.

King blames euro debt crisis for UK woes as euro shares slide

Unemployment drops by 45,000 to 2.63m as rate falls by 0.2%

Taxpayers ‘could wait years’ to get money back from RBS & Lloyds

Public sector workers earn more for less hours, says ONS report

SSE to freeze energy prices until October as profits rise

Bank of England to cut growth forecast again

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