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Assurant Intermediary and Safe&Secure increase business volumes

Assurant Intermediary has doubled its monthly business volumes with general insurance brokers Safe&Secure since...

TSB cuts homebuyer and remortgage rates

TSB has cut interest rates by up to 0.10 percentage points on mortgages for...

April first-time buyer completions up 8% year-on-year

UK Finance has published its Mortgage Trends Update for April 2019. There were 27,370 new...

3.5m over-65s feel guilty about spending cash

29% of people in the UK aged over 65 worry about spending money on...

18m in UK have “illness denial”

AIG Life has stated that 18.3 million people are living with what it has termed...

Brexit still making firms nervous

Subcontractors across the UK have struggled to stay optimistic amid the continuing uncertainty of...

ValPal Network partners with The Moving Hub

The ValPal Network has announced its latest partnership which aims to provide agents with...

Over-55s reveals their dream home improvements

SunLife has asked 1,001 homeowners over 55 what renovations they would make to their...

SimplyBiz Group bolsters SM&CR support

The SimplyBiz Group has improved its Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SM&CR) support for...

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries joins MCI panel

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries has joined the MCI Mortgage Club lender panel. MCI Mortgage Club...

Self-employed make major life changes in bid for property ownership

Online mortgage broker Trussle has reported that 38% self-employed borrowers are making what it...

Sainsbury’s research highlights renters’ life cover gap

Only 26% of renters have life insurance or critical illness cover, in comparison to...

The Ipswich unvieils repricing of self-build products

The Ipswich Building Society has introduced a new self-build hub, designed to offer expert...

Trio joins Catalyst Property Finance

Catalyst Property Finance has announced three new appointments within its head office team. There is...

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Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 11

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge on Sunday and will finish on Friday this...

A BBR decision rooted in caution, not complacency

The Bank of England MPC’s decision to hold Bank Base Rate (BBR) will come as a welcome outcome for many across the mortgage market,...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 10

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge yesterday and will finish on Friday this week....

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 9

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) is hosting its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge from 10-15 May. There are now 72...

When the market gets messy, control matters more than ever

There is a tendency to look at the current market and focus purely on activity levels, particularly after the recent spike driven by lender...

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Conveyancing delays push exchange times past 100 days

The average home that exchanged contracts in April had gone under offer 104 days...

Equifinance launches broker portal for second charge cases

Equifinance has released its new broker portal, ECHO, giving introducers an end-to-end process for...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 11

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk &...

Third of protection clients nearly cancelled cover before claiming

Almost a third of protection claimants at Waddle Insurance had considered cancelling or had...

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