Coventry Building Society is offering home loans over the internet. Its introductory mortgage is at 5.39 per cent fixed until early 2003 or there is a discounted rate deal of 2.35 per cent off its standard variable rate which stands at 7.7 per cent. Coventry will also pay for the valuation and legal costs.
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Private Label launches mainstream mortgage
Costs associated with buying a home such as legal fees and stamp duty are slowing down the housing market, according to Private Label. The mortgage packager is launching a mainstream discount mortgage which allows house buying costs to be added to the loan up to a maximum of 105 per cent LTV with no MIG […]
Portman's 5.99 per cent is cheapest on market
Portman Building Society has brought in the 5.99 per cent fixed rate mortgage. Aimed at first time buyers and remortgages, the mortgage is fixed for five years at 5.99 per cent for loans up to 95 per cent of valuation. At the end of the fixed rate period the mortgage will revert to Portman's standard […]
Moneyextra is sold in switch back to B2B
Moneyextra is ditching its consumer portal and going back to concentrate on the intermediary sector with a complete e-commerce service geared up for multi-ties.The Moneyextra consumer site, which has been a source of financial strain on the company, has been sold to Bristol & West for £26m.Many users had accused Money extra of neglecting its […]
Seam star manager quits for hedge fund
Scottish Equitable Asset Management has lost the star manager of its American assets fund, Neil Smeaton.Smeaton, who has been Seam's head of US equities for four years, is leaving to run a hedge fund. He is one of a raft of senior fund manager to quit top UK investment houses recently and move into the […]
How QE is distorting the gilt market
By Mike Riddell The moves in gilts in August were truly exceptional. Volatility in the gilt market (based off 10-year gilt futures) has soared to close to the highest levels seen this millennium, on a par with the eurozone debt crisis of 2011/12 and behind only the global financial crisis of 2008/09. The first distortion […]
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Availability for clients key to adviser success
Many advisers believe their availability to spend time with clients is the primary factor in them determining the value of the service they pay for, research shows. A survey conducted by consultancy Adviser Home found more than 80 per cent of advisers ranked ‘confidence and trust that we are available when needed’ as ‘very important.’ […]
Iain Anderson: Johnson vs Hunt on personal finance policy
By the end of this month, either Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt will take up residence behind the world’s most famous black door. The race to succeed Theresa May gets more interesting by the day. And if it were supposed to be a virtual coronation for Boris, then someone should have told Jeremy Hunt, who […]
How are advisers using technology?
Technology is playing an ever bigger role in the day-to-day running of advice firms and provides a way for firms to position their businesses for the future. How are advisers using technology and what pieces of software can they not do without?
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