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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...

Stop harking back to 2007

Much like our lives, there are touchstones moments in our industry that are so...

Changing age-related notions of holding a mortgage

Just recently I read that, sadly, the oldest person in Europe had passed away...

The politics of the first-time buyer

Who is the party of the first-time buyer?  Is it the Conservatives who, let’s be...

This is not a competition

With recent FLA figures showing that second charge business was up 31% in March,...

Hidden costs

Recently I was asked to act as a pallbearer. Being very close to the...

Don’t forget the mutual specialist lenders

It’s frustrating when your client just slips out of mainstream lending criteria. They’re almost...

Broker feedback is always worthwhile

Understanding what the customer wants, and how this might evolve over time, should be...

Learn to embrace feedback

There are so many outlets for customers to express their views on a business’...

Streamlining buy-to-let insurance

Once the go-to choice for canny investors, the shine has come off the buy-to-let...

Technology can help advance the second charge sector

A personal belief is that a second charge loan is and probably always will...

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Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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