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Equity release growth and pension freedoms

The Equity Release Council has produced its 2018 Spring review and, it’s fair to...

Advisers can help stop conveyancing fraud

The very nature of a property transaction makes it especially alluring and appealing for...

The buy-to-let market is only going one way

Markets tend to move in a certain direction because of numerous forces and I...

Don’t fall into the luxury property trap

With all of the talk of the housing shortage in the UK, it seems...

No bread for ‘jam tomorrow’?

I’m not sure I’d go so far as to say that the Chancellor’s Spring...

95% LTV: looking behind the figures

There are a whole raft of ways in which we can judge the performance...

Not what it seems

A friend recently asked me if I could have a word with his brother-in-law,...

Problems with free legals have not gone away

In this business, issues which at one point seemed incredibly important often get resolved...

The ‘professionalisation’ of buy-to-let is dominant

Sporting contests are often described as a ‘game of two halves’ which tends to...

It really is harder for today’s first-time buyers

Whenever there is a debate about the difficulties younger people have today in purchasing...

Closing the window on cyber threats

It’s no secret that small businesses are often over-stretched with their workload. That’s the...

Don’t be apathetic about protection

The ‘protection gap’ is often mentioned but, as time passes, there seems little progress...

Saving and spending

While we are working, we earn money; we spend some of that money, and...

Softly softly approach to secured loans

2017 was a strong year for second charge loans and while we wait for...
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Why rigid credit scoring is locking too many people out of homeownership

Some people don’t fit the mould. That’s always been true in mortgage lending. But the tools used by most lenders to assess borrowers, particularly...

What a bigger market means for brokers

The latest Interpath and BDLA UK Bridging Market Survey confirms what many brokers are already experiencing on the ground, that bridging has hit the...

How social media can bridge the protection disconnect

The latest AMI Protection Viewpoint provided a compelling snapshot of the challenges and opportunities facing the protection market. The research highlights a worrying pattern that...

Opening doors for credit-worthy but overlooked clients

It doesn’t take much these days for a borrower to feel they’ve fallen out of favour with the system. A missed payment here, a...

Ministerial cock-ups could kill radical property taxes

At first it might appear that the mortgage industry and the housing sector as a whole should be cross with the Labour government. After all,...

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Two-tier first-time buyer market emerges

A growing divide is emerging in the first-time buyer market as new analysis reveals...
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House prices hit record high as market defies slowdown

UK house prices rose at their fastest pace since January with the average property...
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SortRefer posts record-breaking month for completions and revenue

SortRefer recorded its strongest-ever month for completions and revenue in October. The Derby-based conveyancing and...
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Catalyst reinforces underwriting operations with key promotions

Catalyst Property Finance has strengthened its underwriting function through a strategic restructure and a...

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