Members of Advise Wise can now request instant KFIs for all products in the Royal London Equity Release product range.

At the end of their apprenticeship, they will take on roles as telephone business development managers.

Curran has held previous leadership roles at Countrywide, Bank of Scotland, HBOS and Lloyds.

1 in 10 found the process too daunting to apply or didn’t know enough about it.

The Rate Reducer mortgage gives the cashback often given to buyers by new-build developers back into the mortgage, lowering the interest rate.

The intermediary-only lender has reduced its £5k Deposit mortgage to 5.79% and reduced other rates by up to 0.55%.

The six existing phone numbers for broker queries are now being simplified to one number.

Nationwide is also the first major lender to offer a sub-5% rate on its standard range to those with a 5% deposit.

The Bank is withdrawing buy-to-let two-year tracker rates in the new business and product transfer ranges.

Two-year fixed rates now start from 4.02%.