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Manchester PRS damp and mould complaints jump 41%, FOI data reveals
Data obtained by Scrubbed With Love found that complaints rose from 649 in 2021 to a peak of 918 in 2023 before easing slightly to 897 in 2024 and 759 in 2025.
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DA firm numbers fall as adviser networks hold steady, data reveals
Network Consulting’s FOI request to the FCA found between 2020 and 2025, the number of DA firms working in mortgages only, wealth only, or both went down 17.2%, losing 1,853 firms.Â
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Property wealth makes up 47% of IHT-paying estates in London, FOI reveals
The research, carried out by Just Group, revealed that in the 2022–23 tax year property wealth made up an average of 47% of the value of IHT-paying estates in the capital.
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Demand for 35-year mortgages surges by up to 251%, research reveals
New Freedom of Information (FOI) data from the FCA, analysed by Quilter, revealed a significant rise in the number of people taking out mortgages with a term of 35-years or more.
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Ultra long mortgages FOI “highlights the bind many borrowers are in at present”
In the last quarter of 2021, nearly a third - 31% - Â of new mortgages had an end date beyond the state pension age.
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FOI reveals 211,000 Trusts registered with HMRC
A Freedom of Information (FOI) request to HMRC has revealed that 211,381 Trust registrations have been received since the Trustee Registration Service began in June 2017.