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Credit card mortgage payments worry Shelter

Housing charity Shelter has claimed that over one million householders are using a credit...

Chelsea cuts two-year fixes

The Chelsea building society has reduced the rate of both of its two-year fixed...

New Year resolutions focused on finance

A recent survey by UK consumer finance website SimplyFinance, in association with money education...

Allianz Commercial adds free legal service

Allianz Commercial has improved the level of service and legal cover in its Commercial...

Focus broadens relationship with Assureweb

Focus Solutions has extended its partnership agreement with Assureweb. Focus Solutions is broadening its relationship...

Banks must regain customers’ trust: Which?

77% believe that rebuilding customer trust should be a New Year's resolution for banks,...

Virgin Money buys bank to offer mortgages

The boards of Church House Trust and Virgin Money have reached agreement on the...

IFA chooses The Debt Advisor

The Debt Advisor has been selected by Chorley-based Independent Financial Adviser (IFA), Anne Wray,...

Industry bosses to face Treasury Committee grilling

The Treasury Committee is to take evidence from RBS, Northern Rock and Lloyds Banking...

KRS expands its estate planning offering

Key Retirement Solutions is to further expand Key Estate Planning, which provides a full...

Continued increase in mortgage product numbers

Mortgage Brain's Monthly Product Analysis has indicated that the number of live mortgage schemes...

FSA fines firm over fraud failings

The FSA has fined County Down mortgage intermediary Case Funding Centre (CFC) £35,000 for...

e.surv coping with snow

e.surv Chartered Surveyors says that despite the awful weather conditions, its service to clients...

Bill Warren offers new compliance service

Bill Warren has launched a compliance service specifically aimed at mortgage advisory firms. The industry...

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Economic uncertainty weighing on business borrowers

Taken as a whole, Atom bank’s SME Pulse for Q2 shows the current robust health of demand in the commercial market. Around 95% of the...

Could a move to ‘enhanced advice’ also mean mandatory protection conversations?

The FCA’s recent Mortgage Market Discussion Paper (DP25/2) has got the industry talking about ‘enhanced advice’ – an idea that certain customers, such as...

Take off the rose-tinted glasses and stop chasing a rate cut

Every six weeks the financial world raises its eyebrows at the prospect of a rate cut, causing celebration when the Monetary Committee duly obliges. There...

URGENT! AI Is coming for you. Or maybe not…

I’ll try to make this as straight to the point as I can. The way that your prospective customers find you via online search...

Mind the gap: Can mortgage advice change the game for protection?

Many industry insiders still talk about the UK protection gap and how vast it is. The numbers speak for themselves with the estimated value of...

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Hope Capital targets refurb market with high-LTV bridging product

Hope Capital has launched a new bridging loan product offering 75% net initial advance. It...

Savvy summer sellers deliver strongest July sales since 2020

July delivered the highest number of sales agreed for this month since 2020 as...

Newcastle for Intermediaries removes age cap on standard repayment mortgages

Newcastle for Intermediaries has abolished the maximum age limit for the repayment of standard...

Rising cost of living could stall housing market activity

The rising cost of living remains the most pressing concern for Britons and could...