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The Exeter paid 94% of claims last year

Protection specialist the Exeter has revealed that it paid 94% of income protection claims in...

Kent Reliance offers landlord guide to incorporating

Kent Reliance has commissioned a new report to educate landlords on the tax implications...

FTBs losing out to stampeding landlord investors

85% of estate agents reported an increase in the number of buy-to-let investors in...

Investec consolidates HNW mortgage offering

Investec Private Banking is consolidating its Professional and £Million Plus+ mortgages into the new...

BoE proposes BTL affordability tests

The Bank of England is seeking to further clamp down on the UK's buy-to-let...

BoE seeks to define ‘portfolio landlord’

The Bank of England's Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) intends to establish a standard definition of...

New exclusives from Post Office for Intermediaries

Post Office for Intermediaries has improved its product range with Legal & General Mortgage Club...

FS employees scared of asking for a raise

49% of people employed full-time in financial services are worried that asking for a...

Situation improving for non-standard borrowers

An increasing number of mortgage borrowers are seeing their applications for mortgage loans being...

Home affordability gap widens

Home affordability across UK cities has hit its worst level in eight years, according...

OneSavings Bank acquires £112m mortgage portfolio

OneSavings Bank plc has completed the purchase of a portfolio of UK first charge...

Flat prices rising by £1,000pcm

The average price of a flat has increased by £86,474 (£1,029 per month) since property...

New remortgage deals from TSB

TSB has unveiled a new range of remortgage products available to homeowners with small...

80% of DAs advising on second charges themselves

The Loans Engine has claimed that eight out of 10 directly authorised (DA) advisers...
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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

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Vernon BS adds free legals to selected remortgage deals

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

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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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