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Citizens Advice: payday loans lead to “long term nightmare”

One in four people coming to Citizens Advice have a debt problem, the charity...

New hire for Norton Broker Services

Norton Broker Services has recruited Andrew Bonner to join Neil Organ and Lee Schofield...

The North bearing brunt of repossessions

Latest research from the Charlbury Group has shown the regional split in repossessions across...

Nearly 4m on financial knife-edge

A Shelter survey of working adults who pay rent or a mortgage found that,...

Magellan suggests financial awareness initiative

Magellan Homeloans is calling on the financial services sector to develop a Financial Awareness...

Nearly half of all Brits would need to credit to pay large bill

Over half of UK families and individuals feel confident that, faced with an unexpected...

Rise in numbers paying for energy on credit

New research for Debt Advisory Centre has found that in February 2014, 18.9% of...

Many expect debts to worsen post-Budget

Nine million households believe their debts are going to increase following the recent Budget,...

Tenant arrears situation improving

Tenants struggling with late rent have made significant progress in the last 12 months,...

Sharp rise in problems associated with housing debt

A growing number of people are turning to Citizens Advice for help dealing with...

Tenet explains position over consumer credit regulation

In light of the Financial Conduct Authority taking over responsibility for regulating consumer credit...

Nearly 30% cleared all debts over past year

Latest figures from Equifax suggest that consumers are managing their debts despite the cost...

Payday loan collection practices to be scrutinised

Payday lenders and other high cost short term lenders will be the subject of...

Void periods becoming less frequent for landlords

Research commissioned by Paragon Mortgages has found that landlords are seeing that the incidence...

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The nightmare of UK homebuying needs reform

House sellers will be forced to disclose problems with their homes before sale under plans by the Government to cut costs for buyers and...

Goldilocks and the three bear markets

Are you familiar with C/2025 N1 (ATLAS) or you might know it by its nickname 3I/ATLAS? Whatever you want to call it,  it is currently...

Mark Bogard on policy, politics and the future of advice

When Mark Bogard, Chief Executive of Family Building Society, talks about Britain’s housing policy, he is unsparing in his assessment: short-termism, revolving-door ministers and...

Finding efficiency will keep branches as the beating heart of mutual sector

Whether you speak to customers or building societies, they will tell you just how important branches are – even as financial services and wider...

Mortgages, mutuality, members and making a difference

Anyone working in the mortgage market knows that a key area of our measurement is sales. How many cases we complete, the value of...

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Economic pressures driving emotional strain around financial decisions, AMI research reveals

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has found that the UK’s economic climate is...

IMLA warns Chancellor: ‘Hands off the housing market’

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has warned Chancellor Rachel Reeves against targeting the...

Rosemount adds April Mortgages to lender panel

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has added April Mortgages to its lender panel, giving network...

Guardian widens access to life and critical illness cover

Guardian has relaxed its eligibility criteria for life and critical illness policies in a...