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Tesco offers property sale services

Tesco has joined the property market with an offer to sell property for homeowners at a bargain price of just £199. The Tesco Property Market site comes as no surprise to the property industry who have been well aware that the supermarket giant have been planning to join the property fray fro a number of [...]

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BT’s new credit card reward scheme

To attract new and keep current customers BT has launched a new credit card which helps customers to cut their bills as they spend. It says that it will take 1p off telephone or broadband bills for every £2 a customer spends on the new card up to £250 and then take off 1p for [...]

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Buy to let popular with over-55s

Latest research suggests that the buy-to-let boom is being boosted by parents who are giving a helping hand to their children. It seems that parents represent nearly 25% of people who are planning to make an -investment into buy-to-lets over the next six months. Strong property prices and tax relief from the government to the [...]

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IFA firms ownership under scrutiny

There is a trend towards insurance, pensions and fund management companies buying IFA businesses Friends Provident has just bought two national independent financial adviser businesses, Sesame and Pantheon, and Standard Life has taken a 25% share in IFA firm, Threesixty. Now, over 10,000 independent advisers work under the umbrella of firms owned by providers. A [...]

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