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2013 predictions from MoneySupermarket.com

MoneySupermarket.com has revealed its personal finance predictions For 2013. Consumer Finances Clare Francis, site editor at...

North-south split in repossessions

A north-south divide is occurring with housing repossessions, as the north is currently seeing...

Property investment bosses disqualified from being directors

A husband and wife team who were directors of a property investment company in...

Debt resolution firm has licence revoked by OFT

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is revoking the credit licence of First Step...

Tenant arrears position improving

There has been an improvement in numbers of tenants in severe arrears, according to...

Billions of debt hidden from loved ones

£41 billion of debt is being hidden by people in relationships from their partners,...

Lenders taking tougher stand on arrears

Revival Repossession Solutions has claimed that a progressively firmer stance towards forbearance from lenders...

Consumers managing to pay down debt

35% of Britons have cut their debt levels in the 12 months, according to...

Brits feel bankruptcy rules too lenient

58% of Britons believes bankruptcy should last longer than a year, according to research...

Money Advice Trust to develop debt advice framework for MAS

Money Advice Trust (MAT) has been to commissioned by the Money Advice Service to...

Increase in ‘severe’ arrears among tenant community

There was an 8% rise in the number of tenants in severe financial difficulty...

UK repossessions see north-south split

There is a clear north-south divide when it comes to housing repossessions, according to...

Brokers still missing out on alternative revenue streams

Y3S has expressed concern that many mortgage brokers are missing out on lucrative earning...

Jail for dodgy debt solutions directors

Two company directors in Manchester have been sentenced to 21 months’ imprisonment each by...

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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