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New 1.09% tracker from Halifax Intermediaries

Halifax Intermediaries has launched a new range of two and five-year products and has...

‘Identity doppelgängers’ cost £523 million

11 million UK adults are apparently registered at multiple addresses, with 15% of those...

2014: real change to the first-time buyer market

First-time buyer numbers last year rose to its highest level for seven years. However,...

SMS gets FCA green light for Topaz acquisition

Specialist Mortgage Services (SMS), a subsidiary of HML, has received Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)...

New deals from Post Office Money

Post Office Money has launched a selection of new mortgages. The new deals include...

Kensington cuts residential and buy-to-let rates

Kensington has reduces mortgages rates by up to 0.6 percentage points across its buy-to-let...

FSE Manchester outlines lender exhibitors

Financial Services Expo (FSE) Manchester has revealed some of the intermediary lenders that will...

TFC Homeloans partners with Equity Release Supermarket

TFC Homeloans is expanding its current proposition to include a whole of market equity release...

Planning permission stifling house building in the capital

An estate agent has warned that planning permission will cap London’s efforts to provide...

18 to 24-year-olds most likely to have a CCJ

27% of adults in the UK have, at some point, been contacted by a...

New home insurance product from Post Office Money

Post Office Money has launched a new 5* home insurance product for the over...

Smart Money: ignore Scotland at your peril

Smart Money has argued that Scotland represents untapped value for the specialist lending market,...

Over-55s’ standard of living is on the up

Falling inflation has boosted the savings habits of over-55s as essential spending has fallen...

New fixes from Barclays

Barclays is tomorrow (2 April) making changes to a number of its two, three...
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COMMENT

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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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Teachers appoints Simon Potter as chief financial officer

Teachers Building Society has appointed Simon Potter as its new chief financial officer and...
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Protection gap persists with seven in 10 unaware of IP and CIC

A lack of consumer awareness continues to hold back the protection market with around...
Technology

Acre adds full Nationwide mortgage applications to its CRM

Acre has expanded its integration with Nationwide so brokers can complete a full mortgage...
Later Life

Key Equity Release teams up with Pense to broaden later life advice

Key Equity Release has entered a partnership with pension specialist Pense as it looks...

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