Mortgages

About 41,000 Northern Rock mortgage customers with unsecured loans of between £25,000 and £30,000 have been dealt a massive blow this morning, as the Court of Appeal has ruled they're not due redress for historic paperwork blunders.

Interest rates could begin to rise from their historic lows at the turn of this year, the Bank of England Governor predicts.

Anyone who takes in a lodger will get a bigger tax break from next year.

Tax breaks for buy-to-let landlords will be curbed, it has been announced in the Summer Budget 2015.

Parents and grandparents will be able to leave homes worth up to £850,000 to their children without them paying inheritance tax from 2017, rising to £1 million by 2020.

About 167,000 homeowners, including 71,000 pensioners, who are struggling to pay their mortgage will see their mortgage benefit payments fall by a typical £756 a year from next month.

Northern Rock mortgage customers with unsecured loans of between £25,000 and £30,000 may get redress for historical paperwork blunders if the decision of an appeal heard last month goes their way.