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Are you maximising lead generation opportunities?

Any good, long-standing business is served by a network of reliable and productive relationships....

Why advice is needed by FTB parents and grandparents

When it comes to the mortgage market, we appear to be never more than...

Sam Barker: Can Boris Johnson save buy-to-let?

Buy-to-let has suffered a series of body blows recently, but is heading for what...

Prime time for first-time buyers

With the football season now well under way, and the transfer window firmly closed,...

Simon Read: When do you actually advise your clients?

I don’t know about you, but I was alarmed when Boris Johnson became Prime...

Where next for the Baby Boomers?

The FCA recently published a discussion paper on the different issues being faced by...

Opportunities from your landlord clients

In the summertime when the weather is hot, you can stretch right up and...

We need the right balance for later life lending success

Given the demographical needs of the UK population, it’s hardly surprising that later life...

Fasten your seatbelts…

So, there we have it. The worst kept secret in British politics is now...

Q&A: Dave Harris, CEO, More 2 Life

BestAdvice (BA): What are biggest changes you have seen within the equity release market throughout...

What could a Johnson premiership mean for the housing market?

You get the sense that – however long the Boris Johnson Premiership might last...

Buy-to-let may just have to ‘make do and mend’

In an uncertain world, it’s difficult to get any sort of handle on how...

Will Britons will have to work 10 years longer?

British men have not saved enough to pay for 10.3 years of their retirement....

Dealing with the realities of longer-term fixed rates

I’ve written before about the constant changes in the mortgage and housing markets; some...

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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 the tools used by most lenders to assess borrowers, particularly...

What a bigger market means for brokers

The latest Interpath and BDLA UK Bridging Market Survey confirms what many brokers are already experiencing on the ground, that bridging has hit the...

How social media can bridge the protection disconnect

The latest AMI Protection Viewpoint provided a compelling snapshot of the challenges and opportunities facing the protection market. The research highlights a worrying pattern that...

Opening doors for credit-worthy but overlooked clients

It doesn’t take much these days for a borrower to feel they’ve fallen out of favour with the system. A missed payment here, a...

Ministerial cock-ups could kill radical property taxes

At first it might appear that the mortgage industry and the housing sector as a whole should be cross with the Labour government. After all,...

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HTB backs £4m refinance for London landlord

Hampshire Trust Bank has completed a £4m semi-commercial refinance for an experienced landlord in...

MPC narrowly votes to hold rates at 4% as calls for a cut grow louder

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has come within a whisker of...

UTB backs £16.5m Surrey developments by Rushmon Homes

United Trust Bank (UTB) is providing £10.7m in acquisition and development finance to support...

Octopus Capital funds two new care homes

Octopus Capital has completed a £30 million forward funding agreement with Synergy Care Developments...

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