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Nationwide to cut Save to Buy rates

The Nationwide Building Society is reducing mortgage rates for customers with small deposits using...

Paymentshield expands home insurance panel

Paymentshield has announced the addition of Zurich to its home insurance panel. Zurich joins Ageas,...

Time for equity release advisers to improve visibility

Three learning lights in the equity release market will be using their presentations at...

Major landmark reached by Borro

Borro has reached the £100 million milestone in funded loans to individuals and small...

ONS: rate of house price inflation unchanged

The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) House Price Index to August 20014 has...

Key appointment for MetLife

MetLife has appointed Sue Elliott as head of product for UK employee benefits. ...

Brits spend £107bn on their self-employed network

Households across the country spend on average over £4,000 each year on a network...

Lack of affordable housing causing disenfranchisement

Research from Gocompare.com Mortgages has revealed the effect that the gap between housing supply...

Property not top for price rises in past 40 years

Online estate agent eMoov.co.uk has matched property prices against a number of other costs...

Real earnings squeeze worst since Victorian times

Workers in the UK are suffering the longest and most severe decline in real...

Team Vantage completes charity cycle challenge

Vantage Finance has completed its charity cycle, during which the team cycled for 10...

New five-year fix from Accord

Accord Mortgages has unveiled a range of five-year fixed rate mortgages for home buyers...

Media behind Brits overestimating their homes’ value

Media reports of housing bubbles and rising property prices in the last six months...

Money woes haunt nearly half of all UK adults

43% of the UK adult population have worries about making ends meet each month,...

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Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 18

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday last week as...

Mental health and the evolving role of mortgage advisers

Money worries rarely stay just about money. They affect sleep, confidence, relationships, and mental wellbeing - and for many people across the UK, mortgage...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 16

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday last week as...

Why complex-income borrowers need more adviser support

The UK mortgage market has become more complex for borrowers, lenders and advisers alike. Higher rates, tighter affordability pressures and more varied working patterns...

Economic abuse: The warning signs every adviser should recognise

Taking out a joint mortgage is one of the most common ways for people to get onto the property ladder. For many, combining earning...

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Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 18

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge...

AI skills gap poses major challenge for financial services sector

The financial services sector will need to recruit and retrain around 450,000 highly skilled...

Santander cuts rates across higher LTV fixed and tracker mortgages

Santander has reduced rates across a range of first-time buyer, home mover and remortgage...

West One raises core income multiples to 5.5 times

West One has increased loan-to-income limits across its core residential mortgage range and improved...

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