General Insurance

One-third of tenants think they can take fixtures or fittings

30% of people who have rented a property in the last five years think...

Burst water pipes major cause of insurance claims

Legal & General has revealed that one of the major reasons for home insurance claims is...

Zurich returns to Source household panel

Source Insurance has announced the return of Zurich to its household panel. The bedroom rated...

Paymentshield improves emergency and legal cover

Paymentshield has launched upgrades to its home emergency and legal expenses cover following  the appointment of...

MiFID II repercussions for financial advice?

LifeQuote has claimed that the recent announcement that MiFID will require all investment advice...

Market study into digital comparison tools

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a market study into digital comparison...

TRMC adds Uinsure as a preferred GI partner

TRMC (The Right Mortgage Club) has chosen Uinsure as one of its preferred partners...

Millions of mobiles dropped in the loo by under-10s

2.5 million Lego blocks have been flushed down the toilet by children aged under 10...

Berkeley Alexander unveils new BTL landlord deal

General insurance provider Berkeley Alexander has launched a new buy-to-let landlord product. It also offers...

One in seven tenants break the rules

One in seven renters have broken one or more rules outlined in their tenancy...

L&G partners with the Skipton for GI distribution

Legal & General and Skipton Building Society have agreed a five-year general insurance distribution deal. Skipton...

80% of students already covered by parents’ insurance

Millions of undergraduates are covered under their parents’ contents insurance and don’t need a...

Rental culture remains insecure

Tenants are experiencing a surge of financial optimism, as more see buying as a...

The Source appointed TRMC’s GI partner

The Right Mortgage Company (TMRC) has appointed Source Insurance as its preferred general...
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COMMENT

Stamp Duty

Cutting stamp duty will make the housing crisis worse

Every time the housing market stalls the same thing happens and people call for stimulus, this time: abolish stamp duty. The logic feels intuitive -...

The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

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Stamp Duty

Cutting stamp duty will make the housing crisis worse

Every time the housing market stalls the same thing happens and people call for...
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LendInvest bolsters residential and BTL broker support with Glasgow team expansion

LendInvest has expanded its commercial support team with a particular focus on helping brokers...
Technology

Hackathons test property data sharing in homebuying push

Proptech firms have tested how property data can be shared across the home-moving process...
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Foundation refreshes buy-to-let range with new products and rate cuts

Foundation has refreshed its buy-to-let mortgage range with new products and rate reductions across...

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