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Fixes less and less popular

Fixed rates accounted for only 29% of all purchases and remortgages in November, according...

Remortgaging at two-year low

The total value of outstanding loans is now £1,203 billion, an increase of 1%...

Sales head quits Platform

Jason Berry, Platform's head of sales, has left the specialist lender. Berry joined the Britannia-owned...

Demand still outstripping supply: RICS

The small increase in the number of properties coming up for sale is having...

Credit card borrowers angry over lenders’ tactics

The Nationwide Building Society has found that 56% of credit card customers would be...

New face at claims management firm

Financial claims management company Hamilton Brady has appointed David Lea as its panel manager. He...

TV? Landlords not ‘on digital’

2009-12-14 19:36

ADVICE: selling protection and insurance

Phil Whitehouse, head of The Mortgage Alliance (TMA) sees plenty of opportunity in insurance...

Bridgewater publishes online newsletter

Bridgewater Equity Release has launched a monthly digital newsletter for home reversion advisers. The newsletter...

Xit2 unveils platform for properties in possession

Xit2, the online property data network, has launched the LPA Exchange, a new web-based...

L&G agrees deal with diversifying GI broker

Everyday Financial Solutions Ltd and Legal & General have agreed upon a sole-tied partnership...

Advisers expect better Q4 mortgage activity

Intermediaries anticipate experiencing strengthening mortgage business levels in the fourth quarter of the year,...

Leadbay offers festive promotion for lead buyers

2009-12-14 13:23

More time being spent mulling over equity release

Older homeowners considering equity release are spending longer researching their product choices and says...

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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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Rising cost of living could stall housing market activity

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

The Mortgage Works cuts switcher rates for existing landlords

The Mortgage Works has announced reductions of up to 0.25 percentage points on selected...

Homeowners stay put as remortgaging nears parity with home purchases

Britain’s homeowners are increasingly choosing to refinance rather than move, with remortgage activity now...

Co-operative Bank in sub-4% mortgage arena following rate cuts 

The Co-operative Bank for Intermediaries has reduced selected residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates, bringing...