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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...

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...

COMMENT

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

The new Chancellor wants to remove barriers to growth; he should start with housing

There was probably a degree of unintended irony in the Treasury choosing to call the Chancellor, John Healey’s, first major market ‘intervention’ his ‘Growth...

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Brokers value access to underwriters over slick technology

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