Mortgage advice demand drops as protection prospers

According to the site's latest Advice Drivers report, over 125,000 consumers have requested IFA details online in the last three months in a bid to recession-proof their finances However, while mortgage advice searches have plunged by 41% compared to this time last year, the demand for personal protection advice rose. The site received 4,000 requests from consumers looking for relevant protection IFAs in the last three months; an increase of 18% on the final quarter of 2007. Constituting 6% of all enquires, the website believes the increased interest in protection is due to fears the rec...