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Borrowers still waiting to see banks’ advisers

The latest ‘adviser availability survey’ from Legal & General has found that waiting times...

Scottish economy expected to return to moderate growth

The latest Business Monitor from Bank of Scotland shows the Scottish economy recovering from...

Blacks Connect upgrades quote & instruction system

Blacks Connect has announced an upgrade of its broker quotation and instruction system with...

New member for the ASTL

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has welcomed a new member in Apex...

ARLA reports sharp decrease in rental supply

Last month saw a fall in the number of rental properties available for tenants,...

FCA: debt firms still failing vulnerable customers

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a thematic review which which states that...

Openwork restructures core distribution business

Openwork is to divide its distribution business into three specialist business units – wealth,...

Network MD in weight loss challenge

Adam Stretton, joint managing director of The Right Mortgage and Protection Network, has taken...

Key offers Retirement Options service

Key Retirement has launched a free personalised online services outlining all the new retirement...

Sandringham appoints chairman

National advice firm Sandringham Financial Partners has appointed Barry Kayes as chairman. Kayes (picture), has...

The Leeds hires regulatory compliance head

The Leeds Building Society has appointed Katie Marriott as its head of regulatory compliance. During...

Mark Graves to leave Pink

Pink Network has announced that Mark Graves is to leave his position of director...

13% monthly fall in value of gross remortgaging

The value of monthly gross remortgage lending fell to £3.6bn in May, a 13%...

Paradigm offers Marsden BTL exclusives

Paradigm Mortgage Services has launched two new Marsden Building Society buy-to-let products, available exclusively...
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Ignorance, not cost, still the biggest barrier to protection sales

During 2024 CIExpert commissioned Opinium to speak to 5,000 consumers – a mix of genders and ages – regarding critical illness (CI) insurance. The aim...

The protection gap that runs all the way up the ladder

The property ladder is usually talked about in terms of deposits, equity, and affordability but recent research reveals a less visible truth; moving up...

Why landlords will continue to play a central role in meeting housing demand

This month’s Spring Statement may not have delivered dramatic housing announcements, but the data released alongside it paints a clear picture about the continued...

Debt awareness is as important for advisers as for clients

Debt Awareness Week, beginning on 16th March, provides a timely opportunity for reflection. The early months of the year have long been associated with...

Market may be overreacting to conflict-driven rate fears

Financial markets could be overreacting in the early days of the conflict as they take a second rate cut off the table this year. The...

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Mortgage searches edge higher year-on-year in February

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