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Why reading beyond the headlines is crucial for 100% mortgages

Rumours that Chancellor Jeremy Hunt planned to introduce a 99% LTV mortgage designed to...

A missed opportunity and 2024 property market expectations

It's been evident over the past 12 to 18 months that first-time buyers have...

Make the most of the market chatter

As always, the inflation figures followed by the MPC meeting and its resultant Bank...

The rise and rise of the mixed-use mortgage

Diversification has always been a key word for any successful business operating across the...

Reasons to be positive

The first two months of 2024 have certainly been more positive for the market...

Housebuilding – how can we keep getting it so wrong?

As Housing Secretary, Michael Gove, once again makes promises to tackle the housing crisis...

Including shared ownership in the FTB conversation

Following a far more encouraging end to 2023 across the housing and mortgage markets,...

A government boost for downsizers would help us all

With good reason, a lot of energy and activity is focused on and around...

Credit ‘blips’ are not limited to low income clients

It’s easy to focus on the challenges faced by those on lower incomes at...

Commercial conversions can deliver for developers and landlords alike

If there is one thing that everyone in the housing market will agree on,...

Challenging market sees uptick in ARs

For anyone in the mortgage market, especially networks, there is always one table that...

Tapping into semi-commercial opportunities

It has been a tough few years for buy-to-let (BTL) landlords with higher interest...

Fixating on those specialist opportunities

I’m sure that we will see a number of twists, turns and shifts in...

In later life lending, labels matter

Ours is an industry where language matters. Where what we say to each other...

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AMI Protection Viewpoint 2025: Turning challenges into opportunities

Delivering better outcomes and protecting more customers is all in a day’s work for protection advisers. But in today’s fast-paced, constantly evolving environment, navigating...

Private credit poses challenges and opportunities for UK CROs

The global financial crash of 2008 revealed the dangers of financial contagion. What began as a collapse in the United States sub-prime mortgage market...

GIS must be at the heart of place-based policymaking

The UK is under increasing pressure to deliver more homes, strengthen national infrastructure, and meet ambitious environmental goals – from the New Towns Taskforce...

The PT is dead. Long live the broker!

Did you know that every time a borrower approaches their bank directly, a mortgage broker dies? I’m teasing, of course. They don’t really die....

Landlords defy the doom – the buy-to-let bounce-back

While the Bank of England recently voted to hold the interest rate at 4%, which will have been disappointing news to landlords who had...

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Survey reveals cost of living pressures and tax fears weighing on mutual’s members

Concerns over the cost of living and the prospect of tax rises continue to...

Hope Capital gains dual recognition for workplace standards

Hope Capital Property Finance has been accredited as a Living Wage Employer and has...

Industry partnership launches 95% funded pathway to address adviser shortage

A national initiative has been launched to confront the growing shortage of qualified financial...

British Business Bank sets out five-year plan to reshape finance for smaller firms

The British Business Bank has outlined plans to deliver what it describes as a...

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