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FT.com - Your Property

• Best mortgage rates go private
  Fri, 3 Feb 2012 18:20:07 +0000
  Some private banks will price their mortgage rates relative to overnight Libor, which is closer to Bank of England base rate at just under 0.6 per cent
  

• Chelsea's five-year fixed-rate mortgage
  Fri, 3 Feb 2012 18:11:05 +0000
  3.19 per cent deal comes with a fee of £1,495 and is available to borrowers with a deposit of 30 per cent or more
  

• Warning over holiday lets for pensions
  Fri, 3 Feb 2012 17:53:36 +0000
  New schemes allow Sipp investors to gain exposure to property investments ? but some administrators are refusing to hold them
  

• Sale and rent back schemes halted
  Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:21:47 +0000
  The financial regulator has cracked down on controversial sale and rent back deals that target distressed homeowners
  

Citywire Money, Tax and Property

• The 20 postcodes most 'at risk' of burglary
  Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:35:34 Z
  The areas in the UK that see the most home insurance claims for theft or burglary, and the postcodes that are least at risk.
  

• House prices flat as market 'dogged by uncertainty'
  Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:01:00 Z
  January marked the eighteenth month that house prices did not rise, according to Hometrack.
  

• Buying a house is now cheaper than renting one
  Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:01:00 Z
  Buying a house is over £100 a month cheaper than renting, according to Halifax. Wales is the exception.
  

• Mansion tax: a terrible, unworkable idea
  Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:58:02 Z
  Vince Cable?s plan to impose a tax on properties worth more than £2 million is impractical, unethical and cowardly, argues Linton Chiswick.
  

Citywire Investment News

• GAM partners with Barclays for multi-asset fund
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:00:00 Z
  GAM is teaming with Barclays Capital to launch an actively managed fund of indices, providing dynamic exposure to a range of asset classes.
  

• JP Morgan's Gartside set for 'classic' global bond conditions
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:57:34 Z
  JPM's global strategic bond fund manager thinks a Japan-style deleverage cycle offers ?classic? conditions for global bonds.
  

• Short-sellers flock to LinkedIn and Groupon
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:49:53 Z
  All the hype surround Facebook's flotation has not stopped the bears lifting their shorts on fellow high profile internet names LinkedIn and Groupon to unprecedented levels.   
  

• Affinity Private Wealth offers fee reduction for early joiners
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:13:26 Z
  The new Jersey-based boutique, set up by a senior team from Fairbairn, is planning to reduce fees once it reaches the £200 million asset mark and has incentives for early joiners.
  

BBC Business News

• Mitsubishi to close Europe plant
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:53:34 GMT
  Japanese car maker Mitsubishi Motors says it is to end production at its only plant in Western Europe.
  

• Final bids for retailer Peacocks
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:47:23 GMT
  Six serious bidders remain in contention to take over the Cardiff-based clothing retail firm Peacocks, struggling with £750m debts, BBC Wales understands.
  

• Indonesia growth at 15-year high
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:21:23 GMT
  Indonesia's economy grows at its fastest pace in 15 years during 2011, boosted by increased investment and growing domestic demand.
  

• Ministers 'can block rail bonus'
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:56:38 GMT
  Labour has urged ministers to block six-figure bonuses for Network Rail bosses, insisting they have the power to prevent such payouts.
  

BBC News

• Many trapped in Lahore collapse
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:55:30 GMT
  A factory building collapses in the Pakistani city of Lahore, with many people including child workers feared trapped, officials say.
  

• Drivers warned of icy conditions
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:54:04 GMT
  Motorists are being warned to drive with extreme care as the icy conditions around England continue.
  

• Apprentice boost for sub builder
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:52:42 GMT
  Defence giant BAE Systems is to recruit 136 apprentices at its submarine building business in Barrow, Cumbria.
  

• VIDEO: Cher Lloyd: 'I'm scared of cyberbullies'
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:44:48 GMT
  Pop singer Cher Lloyd tells Panorama's Declan Lawn about being cyberbullied and her fears for her family's safety.