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CML: lending picture is stabilising

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has estimated that gross mortgage lending reached £16.5...

Aldermore moves into Help to Buy: equity loan space

Aldermore has launched a Help to Buy: equity loan scheme through a group of...

Smart Money backs FCA’s volte face

Smart Money has welcomed the FCA’s move to no longer require second charge lenders...

Openwork unveils structured Chartered Status study programme

Openwork is to offer its advisers a structured programme to take them to Chartered...

Rents risen 3.6% above CPI inflation since last election

Rents across England and Wales are now 15.2% higher than at the time of...

New Barclays deals include 1.85% two-year fix

Barclays has introduced a new fee free 1.85% two-year fixed at 60% LTV and...

Two MPC members mulled over base rate rise

All Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) members agreed that it was appropriate to leave the...

Strong rise in intermediary mortgage market confidence

Mortgage intermediaries’ confidence about the prospects for the mortgage market has risen significantly, according...

Goldsmith Williams joins FHL’s legal panel

Foundation Home Loans (FHL) has appointed Goldsmith Williams to its legal panel.   Eddie Goldsmith,...

Metro Bank lending up 91% year-on-year

Metro Bank has published its quarter one financial statement to 31 March 2015. Total deposits grew to...

FS firms need to meet digital demands of customers

Consumer expectations of financial services have changed substantially following the 'digital revolution', according to...

Hamptons rapped over non-optional fees

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has told Hamptons Estates that its website was misleading...

Compliance First appoints managing director

Glasgow-based compliance and business support company Compliance First, which is part of the SimplyBiz...

Exeter Family Friendly paid 94% of IP claims

Mutual income protection insurer Exeter Family Friendly has revealed that 94% of all claims...
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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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