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A widow has lost a court case in which she alleged her late husband’s brain tumour turned him into a transvestite and made him cut her out of his will.

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The Treasury today published the Financial Services Bill, which when passed will enshrine the new financial regulatory structure in law.

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A survey revealed that only 12% are thinking about moving home or getting on the housing ladder.

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Norwich & Peterborough Building Society launched the lowest ever 10-year fix this week at 3.99%, joining other 10-year providers, including Woolwich, National Counties and Co-Op Bank.

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HMRC has extended by two days the deadline for taxpayers to file their online self-assessment tax returns, after industrial action threatened "chaos" at its call centres on deadline day.

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Britain is not "walking away" from Europe, but safety measures must be put in place for EU countries outside the single currency, said Prime Minister David Cameron.

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Six lenders offer more than 20 buy-to-let mortgages with LTVs of up to 80%, according to data from Mortgage Flow.

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Biggest UK distributor Sesame Bankhall placed £1.9bn more mortgage deals year-on-year which is £26bn of lending, with individual adviser productivity up by 20%.

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First-time buyers and buy-to-let applicants sought advice more than any other type of buyer last year.

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The total cost of moving home has increased by 69% in the last decade, rising from £5,290 in 2001 to £8,922 last year.

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Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) boss Stephen Hester is being urged to turn down a £963,000 bonus in shares awarded to him by the bank.

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Martin Greenwood, the interim CEO of Tenet Group, has hit out at the company's rivals for behind-the-scenes criticism of the network.

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NatWest Intermediary Solutions is to reduce interest rates across its fixed rate mortgage range from tomorrow, including its 90% LTV deals and 60% LTV buy-to-let deals.

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Specialist lending and debt buying group Paragon completed £37.4 m of buy-to-let loans and £1.2m of further advances to existing borrowers in the last three months of 2011.

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The MMR could make it increasingly difficult for borrowers with adverse credit to remortgage, after 53% of brokers said they didn't place a single adverse client last year, research has found.

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Leeds Building Society has launched a two-year discounted mortgage currently at 5.25% up to 95% LTV, alongside a range of fees-assisted discounted deals up to 90% LTV.

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More than 100 London investment bankers have launched a claim in the High Court for £42m in unpaid bonuses.

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Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is to urge the coalition today to "go further and faster" in implementing an increase in the income tax threshold.

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A Cheltenham & Gloucester mortgage adviser has admitted to helping two brothers fraudulently obtain mortgages worth £700,000 by ignoring discrepancies on their loan applications.

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Sex is the only subject more taboo than finances for UK families, as many find the conversations too awkward and uncomfortable, a new report has revealed.

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Lenders have reported almost 1,500 cases of suspected mortgage fraud to the FSA in the last four years, resulting in 104 brokers being banned.

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Mortgage fees have risen by 68.5% over the last 12 months despite interest rates at a historic low of 0.50%, Moneyfacts has found.

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Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) took home three awards from The Finance Planning Group's annual ceremony, including Best Lender for Purchase.

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The successor to the Financial Services Authority (FSA) may have the power to ban certain types of products without consulting the industry first.

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The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) once again voted unanimously to maintain interest rates at 0.5% and keep the quantitative easing (QE) programme at £275bn in January, despite fears inflation may fall below target levels.

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UK GDP for the fourth quarter of 2011 dropped by 0.2%, a worse than expected figure that will heighten fears of a double-dip recession.

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House prices in Wales increased by 0.3% in November 2011, the sixth consecutive month of growth. According to chartered surveyors e.surv, values rose by 0.7% year on year to reach an average of £154,206.

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Bank of England governor Mervyn King last night backed calls for limits on boardroom pay, in a speech in which he also said the UK's economic recovery would be "arduous" and hinted at a further round of quantitative easing.

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has slashed its growth forecasts for a number of major European economies for 2012 due to ongoing concerns about the region's recovery.

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A reference to RBS chief executive Sir Fred Goodwin having insufficient experience to run an international bank was removed from the FSA's official report into the bank's near collapse, it has been revealed.

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Barclays will open its 75% LTV buy-to-let range to brokers from tomorrow.

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Cardiff-based packager Y3S Group has put its life insurance subsidiary BMB Financial Ltd into liquidation, owing more than £191,000, and blamed the firm's demise on the actions of its largest insurance provider and a minority creditor.

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A father and son who masqueraded as financial advisers have been given a suspended jail sentence after conning £15,000 from a couple.

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The government will push ahead "in full" with plans to cap welfare payments for families despite a defeat in the House of Lords.

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Over a third of non-conforming borrowers are currently in arrears, so would fail to qualify for a mortgage under the FSA's proposed transitional arrangements, according to Moody's January Credit Insight report.

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Norwich & Peterborough Building Society has launched a ten-year fixed rate mortgage at 3.99% up to 75% LTV, with a £295 fee.

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Ipswich Building Society is aiming to increase its gross lending from around £90m in 2011 to £150m this year, said the society’s chief executive officer, Paul Winter.

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Inflation could drop as low as 1% by the end of this year, said ING Direct economist James Knightley.

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A former magistrate found guilty of a £360,000 mortgage fraud has been spared a jail sentence after the presiding judge ruled her behaviour was “wholly uncharacteristic”.

Jaime Harris is joining high net worth specialist mortgage broker Enness Private Clients as commercial relationship manager next week.

Sesame Bankhall Group submitted £26.1bn of mortgage applications to lenders in 2011, up £1.9bn on 2010.

Banks fully support, and have been working towards, the overhaul of banking regulation in the UK the British Bankers’ Association said as the Financial Services Bill was launched today.

Sarah Brooks, director of financial services at Consumer Focus, stressed the importance of the newly released Financial Services Bill for the future.

The responsibility for consumer credit is to be transferred to the new Financial Conduct Authority from the Office of Fair Trading.

There are now six mortgage lenders offering more than twenty buy-to-let mortgages with LTVs up to 80%.

Paragon is on the lookout for assets to buy after reporting a 12% uplift in quarterly profits.

Younger people unable to buy and older homeowners unwilling to sell are likely to cause housing stagnation in 2012, research from HSBC reveals.

More than half of potential buyers feel more positive about their prospects this year, research from Santander reveals.

The cost of moving house in the UK has risen at a faster rate than house prices over the past decade, research from Lloyds TSB reveals.