Mortgage Product Update 17/5/2021
Accord Accord has withdrawn their current new business BTL range and launched 39 new products. They have also made the following BTL criteria changes: Allow Top Slicing up to 75% LTV. Now lending in Scotland. Lowered minimum ICR requirement for background properties to 145% @ 4.5%. Now allow New Build lending. The maximum LTV for […]
Mortgage Product Update 14/5/2021
The following updates were completed and are live in SOURCE today: Bank of Ireland Bank of Ireland have replaced some products across their residential, HTB and First Start product ranges, and extended end dates to August. Barclays Bank Barclays Bank have reduced interest rates on select residential purchase, remortgage and transfer reward ranges as well […]
AIG Mental Health Toolkit
It’s so important that we keep talking about our mental wellbeing; every week, one in six of us will experience a mental health problem1. We’ve gathered some useful tools to help your client conversations. Your mental health toolkit Hear from the experts Laura Scarrone Bonhomme gives a first-hand description of the mental health support available.Top tips for wellbeing […]
Mortgage Product Update 13/5/2021
The following updates were completed and are live in SOURCE today: Coventry Building Society Coventry Building Society have made changes across their income multiples, and are now accepting bonus incomes up to 50%. Godiva Mortgages Godiva Mortgages now accept bonus incomes up to 50%. Leeds Building Society Leeds Building Society has launched a new 3 […]
Conversing with clients about mental health
Mental health is recognised as the single largest cause of disability in the UK, significantly higher than cancer or heart disease and affects one in four people every year. In this article Protection Guru examines the support offered by providers to help you in your client conversations Click here to read more
Mental health support factsheets for your clients’ people
Westfield Health have put together a free webinar and some useful mental health factsheets to help you and to support employees and their mental health. Click here to visit their website It’s Mental Health Awareness Week, 10th – 16th May, and to help your clients support their people Westfield Health have created a series of mental health […]
Take a look at Mental Health Awareness Week Blogs & Videos
As part of the Mental Health Foundation’s 2021 Mental Health Awareness Week, they’ve collected a range of blogs, and videos that highlight the real benefits of connecting with nature, by a group of people who have already experienced what it’s like to get out into the great outdoors. You can access these resources by clicking […]
Register for Canada Life’s live mental health webinar
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week hosted by the Mental Health Foundation. To show their support, Canada Life are running a live mental health toolkit webinar on Thursday 13 May at 10am. It’s estimated that up to 10 million people in England will require new or additional mental health support as a result of the […]
Top tips on connecting with nature to improve your mental health
According to The Mental Health Foundation, There’s a lot of good research to support the role nature can play in protecting and supporting our mental health. For many of us though, ‘being in nature’ may not be as easy as it sounds. The good news is, you don’t have to climb a mountain to […]
Great tips from Royal London on how to look after your mental health
When you consider or take out life insurance, you might think more about the importance of being healthy. But taking care of yourself isn’t all about physical health – your mental health is important too. Around one in four people in the UK have a mental health problem each year, according to Mind, with worries […]