This week’s top headlines: FCA sets out plan to widen mortgage access and Hodge updates criteria for large loan sizes. Explore these and other major industry updates below: Stamp duty must be reformed to help FTBs, MPs say A cross-party parliamentary committee has called… The post Mortgage Strategy’s Top 10 Stories: 08 June to 12 June appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.
Canadian novelist and playwright Robertson Davies wrote that, “The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.” Pretty sure he wasn’t thinking about the UK protection market — but his words are apt, nonetheless. As irrational human beings, we are not always interested… The post Policy change: Protection roundtable appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.
The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (Ami) has launched a brand refresh, which goes live on 15 June. Ami says the refresh signals both the growing recognition of its work and its core mission, which is to advocate for the professionals who help consumers navigate some… The post Ami launches brand refresh focusing on advice, mortgage and insurance appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.
Average fixed mortgage rates inched downwards again this week, according to the latest Moneyfacts rate watch. The average two-year fix is now 5.62%, down 3bps from 5.65% last week. The typical five-year fix is now 2bps lower, at 5.59%. Moneyfacts head of consumer finance Adam… The post Fixed rates inch down again this week, says Moneyfacts appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.
Rising living costs are creating an affordability challenge for protection advisers, according to new research from LSL Financial Services. A survey of brokers at LSL’s inaugural Protection Forum in May found that income protection is now seen as the area of greatest customer need. Eighty-six… The post Cost of living causes headache for protection advisers, says LSL appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.
