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Private credit poses challenges and opportunities for UK CROs

The global financial crash of 2008 revealed the dangers of financial contagion. What began...

GIS must be at the heart of place-based policymaking

The UK is under increasing pressure to deliver more homes, strengthen national infrastructure, and...

The PT is dead. Long live the broker!

Did you know that every time a borrower approaches their bank directly, a mortgage...

Landlords defy the doom – the buy-to-let bounce-back

While the Bank of England recently voted to hold the interest rate at 4%,...

The 12 Days of Christmas: Staying front of mind when clients go quiet

December has long been a quiet month for mortgage advisers. By mid-November, many client...

Why UPRNs and data standards are central to the next generation NLIS

In October 2025, through the Fourth Round of the Regulators’ Pioneer Fund (RPF), Government’s...

AGENT VIEW: I know I’m not a mathematician but to me 6.5 x is the new 3.5 x

Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be, as they say, and in an era...

Surveying industry undervalued in race to the bottom

After a 16-month break from the property industry I returned to find a landscape...

Why the human relationship still defines real estate lending

AI is now a core driver of transformation in financial services and is reshaping...

Income protection: the unsung hero of the cost-of-living crisis

Higher mortgage rates, rising energy costs, and continued inflation have put pressure on many...

Why rigid credit scoring is locking too many people out of homeownership

Some people don’t fit the mould. That’s always been true in mortgage lending. But...

What a bigger market means for brokers

The latest Interpath and BDLA UK Bridging Market Survey confirms what many brokers are...

How social media can bridge the protection disconnect

The latest AMI Protection Viewpoint provided a compelling snapshot of the challenges and opportunities...

Opening doors for credit-worthy but overlooked clients

It doesn’t take much these days for a borrower to feel they’ve fallen out...

COMMENT

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,...

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...

Latest news

Virgin Money raises selected mortgage rates by up to 75bps

Virgin Money is increasing selected purchase, remortgage, buy-to-let and product transfer rates from Thursday...

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...

Rent rises hold steady as UK house price growth slows

Private rents across the UK rose at the same annual rate in February, while...

Movera reports rise in completions as expansion gathers pace

Home moving group Movera has reported a sharp increase in activity across its conveyancing...

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