Features

How can technology be used to meet rising demand for equity release?

The equity release market has experienced huge levels of growth in the last few...

High hopes and great confidence for the second half of the year

Without much fanfare we have crept into the second half of 2018 already –...

We need greater rate certainty for all

When Mark Carney became Governor of the Bank of England five years ago in...

Spending time on the holiday spending

As we approach the school summer holiday period it seems a very good time...

Consumers need your conveyancing advice

In this day and age, especially in the mortgage and housing markets, I believe...

Picking the perfect policy

There are currently more than 1.8 million private landlords operating in the UK. Being...

Expect further market growth in new build

Historically speaking, the words new build have been somewhat divisive within both consumer and...

Interim Report: reasons to be fearful

The whole industry, myself included, has now had some further time to digest the...

Why include second charge in your capital raising deliberations

If your reaction to the above is ‘why should I?’ then I won’t take...

“Excuse me, I am here”

Recently an elderly lady told me of a visit to see a doctor at...

Why your conveyancing advice matters

I think it’s fair to say that when it comes to clients and their...

Concerns with the FCA’s Interim Report

The FCA’s Interim Report on its Mortgages Market Study was certainly worthy of note...

Meeting the needs of the professional landlord 

The property investment landscape had undoubtably changed over the last couple of years. The...

New thinking needed to help the young

There’s no doubting that when it comes to thinking outside the box, the recent...
1...222324...60Page 23 of 60

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

Appointments

Skipton Group appoints group chief internal auditor

Skipton Group has appointed Caroline Dale as its new group chief internal auditor, with...
Conveyancing

DC Law passes 10,000 Trustpilot reviews with ‘Excellent’ customer rating

DC Law has exceeded 10,000 customer reviews on Trustpilot while maintaining an ‘Excellent’ rating...
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...

PROFILES