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Is a turning-point just around the corner?

Positive news within the buy-to-let sector has not always been easy to find during...

Understanding homeowner business loans

One of the main challenges of setting up or running a new business is...

Later life market ‘soft skills’ more important than ever

In the later life lending space we’ve always talked a lot about the need...

Building a successful recruitment pathway

For even the most successful businesses, there are always a number of influencing factors...

Is the market turning around?

In a very true sense, mid-September delivered two shocks that could ultimately signal –...

What’s in store for Q4?

So, with just over three months left of the year, what are we to...

Working together will open up specialist market to more brokers

The specialist mortgage market is becoming far more mainstream. A host of events over recent...

Providing a more affordable FTB path

First-time buyers are facing a tough time at the moment as higher interest rates...

A specialist approach to bolstering revenue shortfalls

The housing and mortgage markets continue to generate a huge amount of column inches,...

Advisers need to work harder with landlord clients for a brighter future

There are a lot of seemingly conflicting forces at play in the UK housing...

Is it time for an authorisation rethink?

The recent announcement that Tenet was closing its network and moving its mortgage and...

A continuous focus on marketing pays dividends

With the schools (apart from those with crumbling concrete) reopening, we all have to...

Has the Bank Base Rate finally peaked?

Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meetings are always eagerly anticipated in our world but I...

Inflation is often misunderstood

Even in - what looks like - an economy where inflation is heading downwards,...
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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...
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Hope Capital gains dual recognition for workplace standards

Hope Capital Property Finance has been accredited as a Living Wage Employer and has...
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Industry partnership launches 95% funded pathway to address adviser shortage

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

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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