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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...

Why the FCA is wrong over advice

I’m going to start with a point that you might have thought was rather...

The PRS remains an attractive proposition for landlords

From a mortgage market, and to a lesser extent, housing market perspective, the Spring...

Expect the year to continue to not be ‘normal’

In any ‘normal’ year, the end of the first quarter might well provide us...

Portfolio landlords don’t need to be taxing

For those doing their tax returns early in the year, I am sure you...

Why Help to Buy remains invaluable

The Help to Buy scheme continues to grab the headlines, mainly for the right...

Q&A: Rob Evans, managing director of Paymentshield

BestAdvice (BA): Why is Paymentshield supporting National Conversation Week? Rob Evans (RE):  Our finances massively...

Parallels with Brexit

As I write this, no-one knows what the outcome of Brexit will be. MPs are...

Change your thinking to open up new opportunities

If one door shuts, then another one opens. I was reminded of this piece...

Provide financial certainty in this period of uncertainty

Given that we’re only two months into 2019, I wouldn’t normally want to focus...

Overcoming the mortgage Catch-22s

A friend of mine is prone to occasionally trying his hand at stand-up comedy. One...

The problems from playing catch-up

Defining types of borrowers in the mortgage market can be a tricky job, especially...

The importance of getting the Pensions Dashboard right

The responses to the Pensions Dashboard consultation and some of the subsequent social media...

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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FORTO Finance launches with focus on expat mortgage market

FORTO Finance has launched in the UK mortgage and protection market following a pilot...

Just Mortgages appoints Gina McLaren as Midlands area director

Just Mortgages has expanded the management team within its self-employed division with the appointment...

Brokers value access to underwriters over slick technology

Mortgage brokers would rather have access to an underwriter than a sophisticated lender portal...

Imperial Chartered and Cornerstone golf day raises £11,000 for MNDA

Imperial Chartered and Cornerstone Finance Group have raised more than £11,000 for the Motor...

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