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FTBs making common insurance mistakes

Research from The Co-operative Insurance has revealed the common insurance pitfalls first time buyers...

New digital bank launches savings range

Atom Bank has launched today with a banking app and fixed term savings. The app...

New entrant to lifetime mortgage market revealed

OneFamily, the mutual which came from the merger of Family Investments and Engage, has...

Business as usual for seconds

Fluent Money has claimed that "strong" collaboration between lenders, distributors and brokers in the...

All stands sold for the Leeds MBE

The Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has revealed that all the stands have been sold...

Holloway Friendly increases new business commission

Holloway Friendly has announced a 14% rise in new business commission rates for advisers...

Intermediaries offered white labelled protection solution

Cavendish Online has launched a white label service aimed at providing intermediaries with a...

L&G unveils low cost home insurance product

Legal & General has launched Simply Home Insurance, a new lower cost alternative to...

AMI to fight FCA’s “unfair fees”

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has responded the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) Business...

New Street partners with Mortgage Advice Bureau

New Street Mortgages has agreed a new distribution partnership with Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB). All of MAB’s...

Shawbrook Commercial updates large loan process

Shawbrook Commercial has made changes to its application process for large loan transactions. "Within the commercial...

Blacks joins Precise Mortgages bridging panel

Blacks Connect has joined Precise Mortgages' short-term lending conveyancer panel. The conveyancer, part of Blacks Solicitors, already...

The Skipton unveils new intermediary-only deals

Skipton Intermediaries has introduced a new range of intermediary-only products for purchase and remortgage. The five-year...

Health/lifestyle checks key to retirement planning

More 2 Life's latest research has found that advisers think health and lifestyle checks are becoming...

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The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

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The Cambridge relaunches interest-only fixed rate mortgages

The Cambridge has relaunched a selection of fixed rate mortgage products, including interest-only options...

Vernon BS adds free legals to selected remortgage deals

Vernon Building Society has partnered with Optimus to introduce a free legals service on...

Paragon launches tailored buy-to-let service for complex cases

Paragon Bank has launched a Tailored service to support buy-to-let mortgage applications that fall...

Castle Trust Bank adds AVMs to buy-to-let applications

Castle Trust Bank has introduced automated valuation models on eligible buy-to-let cases as part...

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