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The election result and its later life implications

So, where to start with the General Election and what it means for the...

Lending markets to hold up despite uncertainty

It was impossible not to be caught up in the General Election campaign –...

A question of trust

Like many others, I breathed a sigh of relief after the government’s re-think on...

The political landscape is going to be changed

So, we have just days to go before this General Election campaign is over....

Expect more intervention after the election

At the time of writing, there is plenty of activity on social media about...

Don’t take a knife to a gunfight

The secured loan sector has transformed itself and thanks to MCD can hold its...

Know your APRCs from your ABCs

You taught your children their ABCs, but how much do you know about your...

The dampening effect of election campaigns

We are only days into a General Election campaign and already you get the...

The low hanging fruit

Robert Sinclair, chief executive of the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries, told the audience at...

Why the election spells more housing market uncertainty

There really is only one place to start and that’s of course Theresa May’s...

Let’s not overreach ourselves again

A few years ago, an enterprising publisher launched a ‘good news’ paper only for...

Doing it right vs ‘saving’ money

Take a straw poll on the collective buying habits of the UK consumer and...

Not all master brokers are the same

Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decisions, regarding Bank Base Rate (BBR), have become somewhat predictable....

Joining up people and technology

The end of the first quarter is a good time for people to re-assess...

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Economic uncertainty weighing on business borrowers

Taken as a whole, Atom bank’s SME Pulse for Q2 shows the current robust health of demand in the commercial market. Around 95% of the...

Could a move to ‘enhanced advice’ also mean mandatory protection conversations?

The FCA’s recent Mortgage Market Discussion Paper (DP25/2) has got the industry talking about ‘enhanced advice’ – an idea that certain customers, such as...

Take off the rose-tinted glasses and stop chasing a rate cut

Every six weeks the financial world raises its eyebrows at the prospect of a rate cut, causing celebration when the Monetary Committee duly obliges. There...

URGENT! AI Is coming for you. Or maybe not…

I’ll try to make this as straight to the point as I can. The way that your prospective customers find you via online search...

Mind the gap: Can mortgage advice change the game for protection?

Many industry insiders still talk about the UK protection gap and how vast it is. The numbers speak for themselves with the estimated value of...

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Rising cost of living could stall housing market activity

The rising cost of living remains the most pressing concern for Britons and could...

The Mortgage Works cuts switcher rates for existing landlords

The Mortgage Works has announced reductions of up to 0.25 percentage points on selected...

Homeowners stay put as remortgaging nears parity with home purchases

Britain’s homeowners are increasingly choosing to refinance rather than move, with remortgage activity now...

Co-operative Bank in sub-4% mortgage arena following rate cuts 

The Co-operative Bank for Intermediaries has reduced selected residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates, bringing...