Blogs

Stamp Duty deadline return is challenge for brokers and borrowers alike

Even though there was only one real mention of the housing market in the...

Handling the time pressures within the later life advice space

Working under pressure is something that later life advisers, and indeed everyone in the...

What will lenders do to improve purchase figures?

The reaction, or might we even say lack of reaction, to the Bank of...

What next for first-time buyers?

Over the past few weeks I’ve been thinking a lot about the situation for...

Finding solutions in the current buy-to-let market

Options. Ask most advisers what they are seeking to provide their clients with, and I...

Protection as costs of living rise: a question of affordability and value?  

It’s no secret that the costs of living in the UK are rising, with...

Transparency and communication are key at times like these

Even for those of us who have been in the mortgage market for a...

How did we get here?

Lenders, intermediaries and borrowers have experienced a turbulent few weeks and there’s no denying...

When later life clients don’t want to keep it in the family

"You can choose your friends but you sho’ can’t choose your family, an’ they’re...

What will replace Help to Buy?

Given everything that has happened both politically and economically recently, it is easy to...

Don’t ignore brokers’ issues with lifetime mortgage service

Have we reached the point where equity release is firmly part of the financial...

Climate extremes could start to influence buyers

If like me, you spent many a night during this summer’s heatwave in your...

Will this ‘new’ government be any different?

This is an undoubtedly important moment in the future trajectory of the UK housing...

Tread carefully with increased demand for later life lending

Understandably, there is a lot of speculation and conjecture around the current economic environment,...
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COMMENT

Artificial Intelligence

If you motivate an idiot you just get stupid things done quicker

There's a lot of excitement about artificial intelligence in the mortgage industry right now. Nearly nine in 10 mortgage brokers want technology to play...

AI for brokers: the three lines you should never cross

Most AI advice aimed at advisers is either breathless hype or vague caution. Here is something you can actually act on: a practical way...

Hobson’s Choice: Which root canal treatment would you prefer, Sir?

Now that Andy Pandy from ‘oop norf’ is de facto the Prime Minister elect and will shortly be choosing the colour scheme of No...

Buy-to-let: reality versus a much-peddled narrative

Every few months, it seems, another report emerges suggesting buy-to-let no longer stacks up as an investment proposition. The headlines are often dramatic, the...

A week of progress and reassurance

The past week has brought further reassurance for borrowers. With the Bank of England holding the base rate as expected and inflation remaining steady...

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Building Societies

Accord trims rates across residential and buy-to-let ranges

Accord Mortgages is reducing rates across its residential and buy-to-let product ranges for the...
results

RAW Capital Partners records strongest month for lending completions

Specialist lender RAW Capital Partners achieved a record month for loan completions in May,...
Later Life

Air warns of interest-only mortgage maturity challenge for older borrowers

Thousands of older homeowners approaching the end of their interest-only mortgage terms may be...
News

Renters face decades-long wait to save a first-time buyer deposit

A third of aspiring homeowners are saving £100 a month or less, leaving many...

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