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Flexibility and affordability make second charge mortgages appealing

Second charge mortgages have become a natural next step for many clients looking to...

Balancing the residential lending books

As a lending community, it’s part and parcel of our future planning to be...

Providing alternatives to bridging for property professionals

The short-term lending market today is a well-established and professional sector and bridging products...

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...
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Will we look back at Q2 as the most stable quarter of 2026?

The first half of 2026 has reminded us how quickly sentiment can change within the mortgage and housing markets. After a fairly stable and promising...

A steadier second half of 2026 in sight?

The first half of 2026 has been a reminder that the mortgage market does not operate in isolation. While domestic economic conditions have remained...

How brokers can secure better client outcomes in a volatile market

Experience has always counted in the mortgage market. Brokers who worked through the financial crisis, the Covid pandemic, the Liz Truss mini-Budget and cost-of-living...

Housing reform needs a thriving private rental sector, not just a thriving sales and purchase market

One of the most encouraging developments over recent weeks has been the renewed focus on improving the homebuying and selling process. The Government's plans to...

The economics of developing the next generation of advisers

Over the past couple of decades, I have worked alongside literally thousands of AR and DA firms, from businesses employing one or two advisers...

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