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What will happen to a post-Brexit Bank Rate?

With all eyes on the ongoing political situation, there are likely to be some...

Tackling the problems in the insolvency sector head on

In the early-to-mid-2000s, there was a large expansion of credit which coincided with a...

Get the right support to service demand

In the mortgage market we must always make time to consider emerging risks, such...

Ask questions of your conveyancing partner

Access to most forms of information are now only a click, maybe two, away....

When one lender isn’t enough

Where do you turn when your client wants to refinance a large portfolio? Sometimes,...

Provide certainty amidst Brexit chaos

While many minds might be concentrated on the UK’s political melodrama which is playing...

Clients mustn’t forget to insure items they have ‘tucked away’

Garden sheds and garages are a great way to get some extra storage, particularly...

Don’t widen the protection gap

There’s always a considerable amount of talk in the adviser market about product diversification,...

The five-year fix

It wasn’t too long ago that five years was viewed as a length of...

Conveyancing needs a tech revamp

Conveyancing doesn’t have its own moniker to rank alongside 'FinTech', 'PropTech' or 'RegTech' but...

Building societies go where other lenders might fear to tread

Understandably there is a great deal of ‘noise’ around the later life lending market...

Maintaining confidence in conveyancing

We live (and work) in highly-regulated times – I probably don’t need to tell...

Fleet Mortgages: how we dealt with the downtime

Keeping staff motivated and engaged can be a difficult job at the best of...

We can’t do it alone

Sorry to say this, but I am not a fan of golf. However, hearing...

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Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

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,...

Latest news

MorganAsh launches calculator to help firms estimate scale of customer vulnerability

MorganAsh has launched a calculator designed to help financial services firms gauge how many...

Average mortgage rate reaches 5.50% as market reprices

The average mortgage rate tracked by Moneyfacts has climbed to 5.50% for the first...

RSM UK urges action as house price growth stalls and transactions fall

RSM UK is calling for stamp duty reform and more support for first-time buyers...

Clydesdale Bank raises selected residential and buy-to-let rates

Clydesdale Bank is increasing a number of residential and buy-to-let product transfer rates from...

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