Features

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...

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...
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COMMENT

Commonhold and Leasehold Reform

With great power comes great responsibility

There has been a huge amount in the press about the “feudal” system of leasehold and how the government’s revitalised commonhold will fix all...

Don’t rein me in

For many years, major financial institutions and large retailers have understood the benefits of presenting their customers with complementary products alongside their core offering. Banks...

More questions now surround the home moving digital journey

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published its highly anticipated Home Buying and Selling Reform Roadmap, representing the most aggressive...

Stability has value: why the latest Bank Base Rate hold matters

The Bank of England's decision to maintain Bank Base Rate (BBR) at 3.75% may not have generated the excitement that often accompanies a rate...

If you motivate an idiot you just get stupid things done quicker

There's a lot of excitement about artificial intelligence in the mortgage industry right now. Nearly nine in 10 mortgage brokers want technology to play...

Latest news

Trackers

Family Building Society launches BoE tracker mortgages

Family Building Society has launched a new range of Bank of England tracker mortgages...
Repricing

The Mortgage Works cuts buy-to-let rates

The Mortgage Works has reduced buy-to-let mortgage rates by up to 0.25 percentage points...
Repricing

Nationwide cuts mortgage rates for third time this month

Nationwide Building Society has reduced mortgage rates by up to 0.25 percentage points across...
networks

TRM Network promotes Amy Wilson to new propositions role

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has promoted Amy Wilson to the newly created...

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