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Sandringham expands protection proposition

Sandringham Financial Partners, the national advice company launched earlier this year, has expanded its...

Genworth reveals Help to Buy alternative

Genworth has provided details of its private alternative to the Government’s ‘Help to Buy’...

Your Help to Buy responsibilities

The government’s Help to Buy scheme hit the headlines again earlier this month following...

Headline price competition not without issues

The Consumer Panel's Working Group Chair Mike Dailly has set out some of the...

LV= now on Quote & Buy

Berkeley Alexander has revealed that LV= Insurance is the latest addition to the panel...

The Source appoints BDM

Source Insurance are pleased to announce the addition of has added Don Allan to...

Aviva pays out ‘extra’ £2.2m critical illness

Aviva has paid out more than £2.2 million in critical illness payments over the...

Paymentshield offers ‘Premium Flex’

Insurance provider Paymentshield is launching a new online facility called Premium Flex. It says the...

The Source introduces SourceLet

The Source has launched a sister business aimed at capitalising on the growth in...

Short term IP policies have a place in the market, say advisers

Holloway Friendly’s inaugural survey reveals 73% believe income protection should only be sold through...

Home extenders falling foul of insurance policies

In a bid to avoid the hassle and cost of moving, 90% of homeowners...

Aegon publishes breast cancer CI stats

Aegon UK is sharing previously unpublished figures on breast cancer claims in 2012, as...

New landlords insurance product for The Source

The Source has added Landlord’s Choice to its buy-to-let insurance panel. It said the move...

Home insurance costs falling

The overall cost of home insurance continues to fall year-on-year, according to analysis of...
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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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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...
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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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