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Nationwide: house prices up 0.3% in May

The latest House Price Index from the Nationwide Building Society has found that while...

Y3S hires group marketing manager

Y3S Group has added to its management team with the recruitment of Helen Petko...

Profits up at Personal Touch

Personal Touch Financial Services has reported a rise in pre-tax profits for the year...

eMoov ad banned by the ASA

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld two complaints made against emoov.co.uk. The website www.emoov.co.uk...

Paratus AMC gets servicer rating upgraded

Paratus AMC, which is the business behind new buy-to-let lender Foundation Home Loans, has...

TSB Intermediary unveils three-year BTL fixes

TSB Intermediary has expanding its buy-to-let offering to include three year fixed rate mortgages. It says...

New Loyalty Let to Buy scheme from the Nationwide

The Nationwide Building Society is launching a new loyalty initiative for customers converting their...

Axis Bank completes first two buy-to-let deals

The first two buy-to-let mortgages completed by Axis Bank were both brought to the new...

Life cover shortfall for paying off average mortgage balance

New research by SunLife suggests the 'protection gap' is caused by under-insurance as much...

Friends Life adds fracture cover to portal

Friends Life Individual Protection has launched its Fracture Cover addition for its life, critical...

New IP policy suite from LifeQuote

LifeQuote has launched a suite of short term income protection (IP) policies to support...

PFS worried by rising regulatory costs

Personal Finance Society chief executive, Keith Richards, has once again called for a review...

Kensington: lenders should focus on complex income issues

A new study conducted for Kensington shows that one in eight employees are expecting...

Royal London reveals income protection figures

Royal London has reported that there were 73 new claims paid in 2014, and...

COMMENT

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

Mortgage search activity eased back from January’s early-year spike in February, but remained ahead...

Precise waives valuation fees on residential loans up to £400k

Precise has introduced free standard valuations on residential properties worth up to £400,000 as...

The Mansfield trims specialist mortgage rates

Mansfield Building Society has cut fixed rates across its Versatility and Credit Repair mortgage...

Countrywide Surveying Services academy adds to residential surveyor pipeline

Countrywide Surveying Services has reported fresh progress in its training academy after 11 trainees...

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