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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...

L&G Business Quality Awards open for submission

Legal & General has unveiled its sixth annual Business Quality Awards (BQAs), with the Outstanding Customer...

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...

Brexit effect won’t be fully felt for years

An industry panel at today's Financial Services Expo (FSE) London have agreed that the...

Fewer ‘dinner party landlords’ predicted

Changes hitting buy-to-landlords, such as a rise in stamp duty for additional homes and...

Tenet once again freezes PII rates

Tenet has has frozen its net professional indemnity insurance (PII) rates for the third...

Getting to Christmas in the best shape

For those that have just come back from their summer holidays, here’s an interesting...

New associate member for the ABI

The Association of British Insurers has welcomed international law firm Kennedys to its associate...

Co-op Insurance selects commercial partner

Co-op Insurance has chosen to introduce commercial insurance business to Lloyd’s insurance broker, Miles...

PPI claims ad deemed misleading

PPI claims firm www.thefairtradepractice.co.uk has had an ad banned by the Advertising Standards Authority...

The Source includes commercial in rewards programme

Source Insurance has extended the qualifying range of its broker loyalty programme to also include all...
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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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Appointments

TAB promotes Bonner to chief risk officer

Specialist lender TAB has appointed Jack Bonner as chief risk officer as it continues...
Building Societies

Skipton BS lowers residential rates

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across parts of its residential mortgage range from...
News

AMI refreshes brand to reflect advice, mortgages and insurance focus

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries has launched a brand refresh intended to reflect its...
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IMLA guide explains why fixed mortgage rates can rise before Bank Rate moves

IMLA has published a report and five-minute guide to help advisers explain how swap...

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