Features

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...

We need to understand what all housing stakeholders want

With The Spice Girls about to embark on a nostalgia-fest tour round the country,...

How can you maximise affordability for your clients?

What’s your go-to lender for clients who want to maximise their affordability? Chances are, you...

Increased opportunities in Scotland

Back in March we saw the fifth FSE Glasgow take place. After extending our...

Cars and retirement

The other day I heard a Kia advertisement on my car radio. The narration...

Deposit requirements still hampering first-time buyers

Looking at the recent stats from HMRC, many in the market might be surprised...

How might the regulator have got it so wrong?

The industry has had a little over a month to digest the contents of...

Q&A: Marcus Dussard, sales director at Castle Trust

BestAdvice (BA): Tell us about Castle Trust’s new bridging product? Marcus Dussard (MD): Our new...

Who am I?

Are you a Brexiteer or a Remainer? If you are a Brexiteer you are...

SME funding options in the wake of Brexit

The never-ending churn of Brexit updates mean the only certainty right now is a...
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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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