Debt

Increase in homeowners with debt problems

Latest figures from Debt Advisory Centre suggest the number of homeowners getting help with...

Small fall in repossessions

The number of properties taken into possession by mortgage lenders declined in the second...

Debt worries for half of UK adults

The economy is slow to recover from recession and as people continue to struggle...

Increase in ‘severe’ rental arrears

The number of tenants in severe rental arrears rose during the second quarter of...

OFT suspends a credit licence for the first time

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has today suspended, with immediate effect, the consumer...

House prices up and repossessions down

The April Market Trend Data from Land Registry shows that house prices were up...

Citizens Advice wants ban on financial services cold calling

Financial services providers such as claims management companies, pension unlocking services and credit brokers...

Regulator letting consumers down: CAB

Citizens Advice has lamented the new conduct rules for claims management companies, claiming they...

Property Reclaim outlines fixed pricing structure

PropertyReclaim.com has published its fixed pricing service in a move designed to improve transparency. Repossessions...

Competition to continue in remortgage market

25% of homeowners remortgaging an existing property in January increased the size of their...

OFT refuses to licence three debt management companies

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has refused to renew the credit licences of...

Fall in average debt owed by this year’s retirees

18% of those planning to retire this year will have outstanding debts, averaging £31,200...

Fall in tenant arrears

There has been a fall in the number of tenants in severe arrears for...

Christmas 2011 debts continue

17% have yet to pay off debts from Christmas 2011, according to new research...
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COMMENT

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...

Latest news

News

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

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

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

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

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

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

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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