Debt

New Debt Management Plan range from Pepper Money

Pepper Money has introduced a Debt Management Plan mortgage range for individuals who are...

Provident Financial subsidiary fined £1.97m by FCA

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has imposed a fine of £1,976,000 on credit card...

Many lower income households displaying signs of ‘debt distress’

A rise in consumer credit growth and the prospect of faster-than-expected interest rate rises...

Half a million households at risk of negative equity

Computershare Loan Services has warned that a fall in the average UK house price of...

36-year low for mortgage repossessions

UK Finance has reported that there were 82,800 homeowner mortgages in arrears of 2.5%...

Record low for second charge repossessions

The number of second charge mortgage repossessions in 2017 was 105, 27% lower than...

£13bn of secret debt in the UK

Britons are hiding a collective £13bn worth of secret personal debt from their friends,...

Daily financial worries cause of stress for millions

Over 13.8 million people (28.8%) say daily money worries are their main cause of...

Brits take on debt to fund Christmas

Nationwide Current Accounts survey has found that Brits are on average spending five months...

Homeowners’ safety net has been eroded

A new report commissioned by UK Finance, Challenges for our Home Ownership Safety Net: UK...

Equifax highlights monthly financial pressures on families

25% of parents have admitted to missing monthly credit card payments, according to new...

Small rise in repossessions

UK Finance has reported that the number of mortgages in arrears of 2.5% or...

Repossession to completion times shorten

The length of time from taking a house into possession until its sale has...

Equity release customers using property wealth to clear debts

One third of equity release customers are unlocking wealth from their properties to clear...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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