News

N&P offers 2.29% three-year fix

The Norwich & Peterborough Building Society has cut its fixed rate mortgages by up to 60bps,...

Right Mortgage and Protection Network adopts Mortgage Brain

The Right Mortgage and Protection Network has selected Mortgage Brain’s range of mortgage technology solutions...

The Nationwide cuts range of fixed rates

The Nationwide Building Society is tomorrow (11 February) cutting a selection of two, three,...

New multimillion pound funding round for Borro

Borro has raised £13 million in funding, led by OurCrowd and Rocket Internet, to...

Exeter Family Friendly adds primary care benefits to IP

Exeter Family Friendly has added three new benefits to its range of income protection...

Buy-to-let rates continuing to tumble

The average cost of both fixed and variable buy-to-let borrowing is falling, according to...

Tesco Bank cuts mortgage rates

Tesco Bank has cut the mortgage rate on a number of products by up to...

Largest growth in ‘extra’ consumer debt for a decade

UK households took on an average of £395 of additional consumer debt in 2014,...

Rise in over 50s living with a serious illness

An estimated 2.6 million people aged 50 plus are living with a serious illness...

One year’s free contents insurance from Swinton

Swinton Insurance is offering 12 months’ free standard contents cover to homeowners taking out...

Regional officers shape Personal Finance Society agenda

The Personal Finance Society’s annual Officers’ Conference in Birmingham last week resulted in new...

22% AR growth for Stonebridge

Mortgage and insurance network Stonebridge Group has reported growth in its business during 2014....

Uinsure joins The Right Mortgage Network panel

General insurance provider Uinsure has joined The Right Mortgage and Protection Network’s GI panel...

The Source relaunches with Personal Touch GI panel

Source Insurance has relaunched its relationship with Personal Touch Financial Services (PTFS). All Source products...

COMMENT

The UK’s conveyancing conundrum explained

Why is conveyancing so slow in the UK? The average property transaction now takes between 14 and 20 weeks… and that is not taking...

The silent majority: what most financial services customers never tell you

If you work in financial services, you probably have a good handle on formal complaints. You know how many you get, how quickly they’re...

Building momentum is back, but flexible funding will be key to delivery

There are growing signs that development activity across England is beginning to gather momentum again. After a prolonged period of caution driven by higher...

ANALYSIS: Swaps surge and the market braces for impact

It’s been an interesting week so far. Sadly, we’ve had to cancel our BDM meetings, because if we’re being honest, everyone in the market...

The growth is there. Now we must close the gap

The latest UK Finance Later Life Lending Update for Q4 2025 should give every specialist adviser renewed confidence in the scale and resilience of...

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New platform aims to ease advisers’ compliance burden during client meetings

A new meeting platform designed for mortgage advisers has launched in the UK, aiming...

PEXA hires Julian Wells as UK head of communications

Digital property exchange platform PEXA has appointed Julian Wells as its new UK head...

Market may be overreacting to conflict-driven rate fears

Financial markets could be overreacting in the early days of the conflict as they...

St. James’s Place passes 1,000 female adviser milestone ahead of International Women’s Day

St. James’s Place has revealed that more than 1,000 women are now working as...

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