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FCA bans debt management pair

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned Adrian and Christine Whitehurst, former directors of...

Fluent Money makes three new senior hires

Fluent Money Group has made appointments in the underwriting, sales and finance departments. Kevin Cresswell...

Huge lack of self-employed critical illness cover

93% of the UK’s self-employed workforce have no critical illness cover, according to new...

TBMC launches 1.99% BTL exclusive

TBMC has launched a new buy-to-let mortgage exclusive with Hinckley & Rugby Building Society....

Mortgage Brain “ready for GDPR”

Mortgage Brain says its range of mortgage technology solutions will fully adhere to the...

The Cambridge offers mobile Android app

The Cambridge Building Society has introduced its first mobile Android app, following the July...

Crowdfunder launches buy-to-let alternative

Investment platform MercyCrowd has has designed an 'equity only' model designed to help shield...

Costs of variable rate rise revealed

Online mortgage broker Trussle has calculated that borrowers on variable rate mortgages could collectively...

AToM unveils 85% LTV BlueZest buy-to-let deal

All Types of Mortgages Ltd (AToM) has launched a new 85% LTV buy-to-let product...

Beaconsfield passes £1m market town milestone

Lloyds Bank has calculated that homebuyers looking to live in a market town will...

Fleet Mortgages cuts rates

Fleet Mortgages has made a number of price and fee cuts across its three core product...

Costs of being a pensioner revealed

Key Retirement has reported that the the average annual cost of being a pensioner...

Brokers urged to contact SVR clients

TMA Mortgage Club has urged mortgage advisers to get in touch with customers who...

Uinsure appoints new BDM

Uinsure has recruited Tim Horne as business development manager for the Central region. Horne (pictured) has...

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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...

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Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage...

First-time buyers turning to side hustles to bridge deposit gap

Almost half of aspiring first-time buyers are using secondary income streams to help fund...

Vida cuts residential rates and loosens criteria for self-employed and contractor borrowers

Vida has reduced selected residential mortgage rates by up to 106 basis points and...

Iress adds AI underwriting tool to The Exchange in protection push

Iress has struck a deal with The Interesting Life Company to offer an AI-powered...

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