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Having the time to be a better adviser

If I ask a roomful of advisers what takes up the majority of their...

50 ways to draw your pension

Having heard Paul Simon’s announcement that he was going to stop performing, I thought...

How to avoid getting tangled up in knots

I was interested to read that the Loughborough Building Society has decided to do...

Handling the twist and turns of the market

Deciphering the current state of the UK mortgage market could take the equivalent of...

Second charge market confidence shouldn’t be dented in Q2

It’s safe to say that the first quarter of 2018 has not been the...

Open Banking success is not a certainty

There’s no doubting that discussions around ‘fintech’ and what it might open up for...

Second charge is not rocket science

The death of Stephen Hawking came as a surprise like it does with deaths...

Why things are getting worse for first-time buyers

First-time buyers might often wonder what the market is doing on any given week,...

Criteria checking: trying to reach the right destination

There are many people now driving who have never looked at a paper map...

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...
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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...

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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...

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