Features

Why specialist lending will become more important

Looking at the situation that many people currently find themselves in, you have to...

Who has the Chancellor actually helped? 

Many comments have been made about Chancellor, Rishi Sunak’s, Summer Statement last month –...

Vulnerability extends to advisers

Given the type of borrowers equity release advisers deal with – namely older individuals...

Marketing 101: shaping your contact strategy

Having the right contact strategy is an integral part of your overall marketing strategy,...

Wales is on a very different track to England

Stamp duty announcements are not exactly ten-a-penny but they do come around fairly often,...

Why advisers are expecting a buy-to-let boost

It would be hard to suggest that either the buy-to-let or private rental sectors...

In a world of ‘know nothing’ make sure you ‘know something’

In the late 1960s one of my favourite TV comedy programmes was Hogan’s Heroes....

Landlords are looking at market opportunities

Understandably, as advisers you’re likely to have clients at the moment with plenty of...

Assessing the lay of the land

In an uncertain world, one thing I think we can all be certain about...

There won’t be a summer lull in mortgage demand

Slowly but surely, we are seeing shifts in the mortgage market back towards what...

Surveying a different landscape

Throughout this crisis, and certainly from a housing market perspective, it’s often felt that...

Being ready for the bounce back

Given the easing of the lockdown in England – and the assumption that similar...

Covid-19 has boosted GI and protection sales

From our perspective, one of the key lessons brokers can learn as a result...

Que sera sera

I have been looking at the Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) scenario forecast on...
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COMMENT

Comment

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

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...

Latest news

News

Chancellor presses lenders to expand support for borrowers ahead of rate resets

The government has secured fresh commitments from major lenders to step up engagement with...
Building Societies

Suffolk BS tops £800m in mortgage assets after strong 2025 growth

Suffolk Building Society has passed £800m of mortgage assets for the first time after...
criteria

UTB eases mortgage and second charge processes with criteria changes

United Trust Bank (UTB) has introduced a series of service and criteria changes across...
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Foundation returns with revised buy-to-let and residential mortgage range

Foundation has returned to the market with a revised product range across both buy-to-let...

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