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Households’ financial anxiety on the rise

Adults' financial anxiety in 2015 has increased sharply since 2014 and is now back to the...

Rents cooling in run-up to Christmas

Rents across England and Wales have fallen below the £800 mark, according to the...

Rise in brokered remortgage volumes

31% of borrowers who remortgaged in November, did so to increase the size of...

One in seven hide debts from their partner

Couples are keeping millions of pounds worth of money secrets from each other and...

Many Brits unprepared for bank rate rise

TSB has surveyed thousands of homeowners across the country to fully understand how prepared Britain...

North-South repossession gap closes

The divide between home repossessions in the North and South has closed by 80% since...

House prices up 5.6% year-on-year

The Land Registry's October data shows an annual price increase of 5.6% which takes the...

1.2% month-on-month fall in rents

Rents across England and Wales have fallen between September and October, according to the...

High stress levels for debt defaulters

Debt defaulters have high stress levels with a significant number suffering from sleep deprivation...

More people successfully managing loan payments

69% of people will be able to pay for Christmas without having to take on...

Mortgage arrears continue to fall

Latest data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) show a continuing decline in...

Large majority fear not paying off interest-only loan

Nearly three-quarters of homeowners with interest-only mortgages are concerned they may not be able...

66% of young adults don’t know what APR means

There is a distinct lack of understanding about borrowing among young adults in the...

Parental financial support up by a fifth in two years

Parents are increasingly being relied on to support their grown up children’s lifestyles according...

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Helping university students onto the property ladder

As we head towards the Easter break, thousands of first-year university students up and down the country will be preparing for exams and making...

Lenders must step up on high LTV products

Things are on the up for borrowers with a smaller deposit. The financial information website Moneyfacts publishes a regular update on mortgage product numbers,...

Why it matters that bridging hit more than £10bn last year

We see many numbers bandied around in the financial industry, which can sometimes have a numbing effect. So why should we all, especially brokers, care...

Top five reasons why renters should consider short-term protection insurance

In an unpredictable world, financial security can often feel like a luxury, especially for renters who may already juggle living expenses, rent payments, and...

Credit search vs credit scoring

The terms credit score and credit check are often used interchangeably by consumers, many of whom assume they mean the same thing. Yet understanding...

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Advice Guru partners with Pure Retirement to support broker education

Financial adviser learning platform Advice Guru has announced a new sponsorship partnership with Pure...

Nationwide ups LTV limits for interest-only and foreign national borrowers

Nationwide has announced changes to its mortgage lending criteria, increasing the maximum loan-to-value (LTV)...

Lloyds expects swell in completions ahead of stamp duty deadline

Lloyds Banking Group anticipates a 50% growth in property completions this month as buyers...

Satchell the latest to leave HTB bridging division

Lorenzo Satchell has become the latest senior member of the bridging team at Hampshire...