Blogs

Second charge bridging: fast and flexible funding

The ‘race for space’ that we saw during the Covid-19 pandemic has subsided and...

Making sense of current statistics

Spend long enough at any industry conference and you will inevitably pick up on...

Rising interest rates – we’ve been expecting you

The reign of the sub-1% base rate is over – for now at least. We...

The changing face of adviser interaction

Communication is an important part of the mortgage application and indeed the lender-intermediary partnership....

What government need to address to maintain PRS

Residential landlords are a resilient bunch – they have had to be – but...

Legal expertise is crucial for equity release borrowers

Equity release is becoming an ever more mainstream part of the property market in...

Let’s improve service in the later life lending market

Delivering quality customer service will always be a top priority in the later life...

Politicians shouldn’t be trying to hurt landlords even more

There seems to be a lot of noise around the buy-to-let/private rental sector at...

No need to panic over down-valuations

Recent stories citing a ‘down-valuation pandemic’ have not helped a subject which is always...

The equity release benefits of multi-disciplinary support

While there is no doubt that surveyors and lawyers provide a valuable service for...

ESG: how do we conduct ourselves?

This is the third (and final) article in a series looking at Environment, Social...

Getting to grips with vulnerability

As we all know there is, quite rightly, a huge focus on vulnerable customers...

Coming to the aid of victims of circumstance

Covid-19 has a lot to answer for. The past two years have been unprecedented...

BBR rises have to be set in a historical context

If the last couple of months have taught us anything, it’s that nobody has...
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COMMENT

Comment

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

Latest news

News

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...
Technology

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...
Building Societies

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...
Cover

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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