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Millions of mortgage-holders financially vulnerable

52% of UK mortgage holders (equating to 5.2m people) who earn an income don’t...

FCA to study PPI complaint trends

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to gather evidence on current trends in Payment...

Home insurance costs fall

The cost of home insurance has fallen over the last year according to the...

Uinsure made preferred GI provider by LMPS

Uinsure has been chosen by the new Lighthouse Mortgage & Protection Solutions (LMPS) proposition as...

Zurich pays out £63m in critical illness claims

Zurich paid over 91% of its critical illness claims in 2014, benefitting 750 customers...

Paymentshield unveils home emergency discount

Paymentshield is from today offering a 50% discount on its Home Emergency cover...

New Year, new start

Another year, another set of resolutions! Having reflected on their lives over the Christmas holidays...

Royal London appoints non-executive director

Royal London has announced the appointment of Sally Bridgeland as a non-executive director. Bridgeland spent...

Aviva extends free new parent life cover

Aviva is offering a year of free life cover worth £15,000 to each parent...

Paradigm announces award winners

Paradigm Mortgage Services has revealed the yearly winners of its Lender and Provider Awards. ...

iPipeline partners with Openwork

Ipipeline has joined forces with Openwork to develop and improve its model for advisers...

Mortgageforce agrees deal with The Source

Derby-based brokerage Mortgageforce has signed an exclusive three-year deal with The Source to provide...

Paymentshield appoints CFO

Rob Evans has been appointed to the role of chief financial officer (CFO) at...

Paradigm launches three different event formats

Paradigm Mortgage Services has published its events timetable for the first five months of the...

COMMENT

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Rental barometer shows strength, but March changes the tone

Looking at our recently published Q1 2026 Rental Barometer data in isolation, there is clearly a strong and positive story to tell. Average rental...

Home and away: How appetite for UK property is rising

Conflicts in Ukraine and now the Middle East are a reminder that the catastrophic impact of war is not confined to war zones.   The...

Latest news

More than 255,000 homeowners to leave five-year fixes by the end of June

More than 255,000 UK households are due to come off five-year fixed mortgage deals...

The Leeds strengthens intermediary team with senior account manager hire

Leeds Building Society has hired Michelle Ward as corporate account manager, adding more than...

Rising rental yields give landlords a stronger start to 2026, but March volatility clouds outlook

Fleet Mortgages’ latest Rental Barometer shows average yields reached 8.1% in Q1 2026, up...

Mortgage availability rises as lenders cut pricing

Mortgage availability increased in the first quarter of 2026 as lenders loosened supply and...

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