Mortgages

Gross mortgage lending climbed 6% to an estimated £9.2bn in February, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) says.

Mortgage advisers predict a bumper Q2 as sentiment is buoyed by rising house prices, new lending and improving consumer confidence, research suggests.

Zurich has launched a microsite dedicated to protection.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is changing the way in which it calculates Retail Price Inflation (RPI) in an attempt to reflect the cost of housing more realistically.

An industry forum has been established with the task of tackling mortgage fraud.

Cirencester Friendly has announced that 94% of its income protection (IP) claims were paid last year.

Adviser network Sesame has announced Royal London and Moneygate IFA Ltd as its top protection provider and protection adviser of the year.

The latest Rightmove house price index has revealed a virtual price standstill as new sellers are asking for just 0.1% more for their properties in March.

Moneyfacts has revealed that state-funded banks charged higher than average rates on their products over the last year, despite the Bank of England base rate remaining at 0.5%.

Lifequote is aiming to help advisers address the threat of online competition with a series of protection training workshops.