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Barclays improves Family Springboard proposition

From 6 May, first-time buyers obtaining the fee-free Barclays Family Springboard mortgage will see...

House values will be hit by fracking, warn estate agents

A survey of 60 estate agents commissioned by Greenpeace UK has found that they...

LMS: eight in 10 remortgagors switch lenders

82% of borrowers who remortgaged in March did so to switch lenders to get...

Lloyds posts £660m loss from TSB sale

Lloyds Banking Group has reported underlying profit of £2.18bn for the first quarter of...

New deals from Coventry Intermediaries

Coventry Intermediaries has launches its lowest ever five-year fixed rate at 2.19%. The deal comes...

Pancredit rebrands and launches loan book management service

Pancredit has announced a corporate rebrand to Equiniti Pancredit. It has also launched of a...

Tesco Bank introduces 95% LTV deals

Tesco Bank has launched its first range of 95% LTV mortgage products. The new range...

The Co-op unveils 1.09% two-year fix

The Co-operative Bank has launched a new two-year fixed rate mortgage, priced at 1.09%...

Land Registry: house prices down 0.8% since February

Land Registry data for March has shown an annual price increase of 5.3% which...

Buy-to-let trackers getting more expensive

The latest Buy to Let Costs Index from Mortgages for Business has found that...

Metro Bank reduces five-year fixed rates

Metro Bank has cut rates on its residential five-year fixed rate mortgages. For residential mortgages under £1.5...

Annual Help to Buy repayments £180 cheaper than renting

Latest data suggests that first-time buyers who have used the Help to Buy mortgage...

NAEA: election behind fall in demand

The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) has reported that demand for property is...

Lenders discriminating, over 50s claim

Over 50s have expressed concern over the behaviour and attitudes of a number of...
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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

Mortgage search activity eased back from January’s early-year spike in February, but remained ahead...
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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...
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The Mansfield trims specialist mortgage rates

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