mortgage
PMS and Sesame sign up 700 advisers to protection campaign
'Rewire Routines' campaign
M&S Bank to launch mortgage range
Planned for early next year
'Hundreds of thousands' dipping into pension pots to pay mortgage
Many expecting to make repayments beyond age 70
Royal London partners with L&C in 'revolutionised' protection application
Instant decision on life cover eligibility
Mortgage debt exceeds the average life insurance pay out
People are likely to be under-protected for the amount of mortgage debt they have, an analysis by Aegon of both the ABI's and its own latest protection claims statistics has suggested.
Half of mortgage lenders not passing on BOE interest rate cut
BOE cut base rate to 0.25%
Pension savers face 'mid-life crisis' - Aegon research
Cost of living restricts contributions for those aged 45 to 54
Protection Watch: Kevin Carr's verdicts on five recent developments
‘Promising lead' or ‘Back to the lab'?
FCA cancels broker's permissions over missing RMAR
Failure deemed 'significant'
FCA clarifies mortgage shortfall rules after detecting 'divergent' practice
Firms not behaving in spirit of MMR
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Advisers call for action on new breed of 'liars' loans'
Banned in 2010
FCA to examine equity release market amid reputation concerns
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is considering its regulation of the equity release market amid concerns a "dirty word" reputation has led to an under-functioning market.
MMR review: FCA flags advice risk in overly rigid use of rules
Most customers are receiving suitable mortgage advice but some firms rely too heavily on tightly structured processes, which force their advisers to bend information to give supposedly 'suitable advice', the regulator has found.
Older workers facing indebted retirement
Older workers forced into retirement are facing serious debt problems, research suggests.
UK recovery at risk from credit shortfall - papers
Economic recovery in Britain will be slowed down by a possible credit shortfall of £180bn next year caused by the weakness of the banking sector and the state budget deficit, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned today.
Advisers split on HSBC's discount 1.99% mortgage
Adviser reaction is mixed following the launch by HSBC of one of its cheapest-ever mortgage deals.
How to avoid the buy-to-let pitfalls
Nick Carlile, co-founder of the Platinum Partners Group of companies and a qualified quantity surveyor, warns the easy money has already been made in property.
Mortgage repayments outstrip new lending
Mortgage repayments outstripped new lending for the first time since records began in July, figures from the Bank of England (BoE) show.
Mortgage lending up 17% in June
Gross mortgage lending rose 17% in June due to seasonal factors, according to new figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).
Mortgage deal lifespan shortens in June
The average shelf-life of a mortgage product fell to 14 days in June, almost half the amount of time they were available in the previous month, according to the latest monthly Moneyfacts Treasury Report on UK Mortgage Trends.
Brokers demand BTL regulation
More than half of mortgage brokers want the FSA to regulate the buy-to-let (BTL) market.
