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Credit crunch sees 17% drop in average LTV

The average LTV has fallen from 91% in August 2007 - when the credit...

ADVICE: You need trust and confidence

Advisers who inspire trust and confidence should make the most of clients' protection needs,...

FSA criticised by Treasury Committee over arrears approach

The Treasury Committee has told the FSA to take robust stance on what it...

Worklifelive.com selects EDGE and Savills

EDGE and Savills Private Finance have teamed up to provide services for worklifelive.com, a...

Leap in remortgaging enquiries

Unbiased.co.uk has reported that that those looking for advice on re-mortgaging increased to a...

RDR costs pose challenge to firms

20% of IFA firms can not estimate the financial impact of Retail Distribution Review...

Non-disclosure critical illness rejections on the wane

Research by protection specialists LifeSearch has revealed that insurers are now paying out on...

L&G launches three new over 50s’ life plans

Legal & General is launching three new guaranteed acceptance life insurance plans for the...

New insurance team at moneysupermarket.com

A new senior management team has been put in place for moneysupermarket.com's insurance division Graham...

Three-year discount from the Mansfield

The Mansfield Building Society has added a new three-year discounted mortgage product to its...

40% year-on-year rise in liquidations

There were 5,055 compulsory liquidations and creditors' voluntary liquidations in total in England and...

Jenks takes non-exec role at Exact

Phil Jenks has joined Exact as a non-executive director. Before retiring in 2008, Jenks...

Deposit protection passes tenants by

Mydeposits.co.uk, a Government-approved tenancy deposit protection scheme, estimates there could be as many as...

Trackers gain popularity in July

Mortgage borrowers opted for trackers and discounts in July, according to national broker Mortgageforce This...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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