Blogs

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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COMMENT

Comment

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Searching for sunny uplands

There is a growing sense, shared quietly in boardrooms and rather less quietly over kitchen tables, that the UK has lost a degree of...

How advisers can find and secure powerful introducers to grow their business – Pt2

I hope you found my earlier article useful and enlightening and if so, please read on, as in this piece I complete the steps...

What building the future means for mortgages

Earlier this month I attended the Abundance 360 summit in Los Angeles, Peter Diamandis’s annual gathering of entrepreneurs, scientists, tech CEOs and investors who are,...

Five things brokers across the country are telling me right now

The thing I’ve always enjoyed most about working in the specialist mortgage market is the people. I’m lucky that a big part of my job...

Latest news

News

Virgin Money raises selected mortgage rates by up to 75bps

Virgin Money is increasing selected purchase, remortgage, buy-to-let and product transfer rates from Thursday...
News

Property sector must embrace long-term reform to withstand global shocks, says OPDA

The Open Property Data Association (OPDA) has called on the government to adopt a...
News

Rent rises hold steady as UK house price growth slows

Private rents across the UK rose at the same annual rate in February, while...
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Movera reports rise in completions as expansion gathers pace

Home moving group Movera has reported a sharp increase in activity across its conveyancing...

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