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Nationwide unveils new ‘flexible’ home insurance product

The Nationwide Building Society has introduced a flexible home insurance product, designed to give...

Recruitment drive for Smart Money

Smart Money is seeking to recruit a number of advisers and case managers for...

LandlordInvest.com makes loan book public

Peer-to-peer lending platform LandlordInvest.com has published its loan book to mark its first anniversary. The loan...

Octane Capital appoints credit manager

Octane Capital has recruited Nicky Pack as credit manager.  Pack (pictured) previously worked at Alternative Bridging...

Accord Mortgages expands sales and underwriting teams

Accord Mortgages has expanded its team of field-based business development managers (BDMs) with four...

Shawbrook welcomes new strategic broker partner

Hive Financial has become the latest Strategic Broker Partner for Shawbrook Bank. The firm is a...

Buy-to-let mortgage rates on the rise

Latest research from moneyfacts.co.uk shows that since the base rate announcement on 2 November,...

Barclays unveils mobile branch services for armed forces

Barclays is launching a mobile branch at Colchester Garrison, one of the UK’s largest...

FCA investigates bad credit provider

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has begun an investigation into Moneybarn, the self-styled 'specialist...

New CEO for Golden Charter

Independent funeral plan provider Golden Charter has announced that Suzanne Grahame has joined as become...

Group risk benefits “shouldn’t exacerbate gender pay differences”

Group Risk Development (GRiD), the industry body for the group risk protection sector, is...

LSL Group offers exclusive five-year buy-to-let fix

LSL Group is offering two, five-year fixed rate exclusive buy-to-let products with the Leeds...

Personal Touch adds two lenders to seconds panel

Shawbrook Bank and Paragon Bank have become the latest lenders to be appointed to...

New head of sales for Kent Reliance

OneSavings Bank has announced the appointment of Simon Cockerill as head of sales for...

COMMENT

Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage advisers, brokers, and, increasingly, customers directly. One thing comes up time...

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Latest news

CHL cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 25bps

CHL Mortgages has reduced rates across its short-term let and limited edition buy-to-let ranges. The...

Darlington cuts rates across buy-to-let and specialist ranges

Darlington Building Society has reduced mortgage rates by up to 50bps across its buy-to-let,...

HTB backs £2.4m Mitcham scheme

Hampshire Trust Bank has provided a £2.4m development finance facility for a mixed-use scheme in...

The Mansfield reports record mortgage lending for second year running

Mansfield Building Society has reported record mortgage lending for the second successive year, after...

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