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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...

Bringing contractors into the fold

For those of us lucky enough to have remained in steady employment during the...

2022 will be the toughest year for fixed-income retirees

If people were in any doubt about what the cost of living crisis looks...

Lifting the lid on specialist lending

Specialist lending can be an intimidating and sometimes misunderstood area of the mortgage market...
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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...

The FCA has made the case for holistic mortgage advice

Last Thursday, the head of the FCA stood up at the JP Morgan Pensions and Savings Symposium and dropped a line that deserves more...

Technology’s biggest challenge is not the one you think

There is a version of the mortgage technology story that gets told at conferences and in trade press with some regularity. It involves platforms, disruption...

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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...
Technology

NatWest begins digital mortgage completions with PEXA rollout

NatWest is now actively transacting on PEXA’s digital property platform, marking a key step...

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