Features

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...

Understanding the self-employed

If you’re self-employed then you’ve probably looked at the political goings-on over the past...

Avoiding a mortgage catastrophe

We’re almost through the first quarter of the year which can seem like a...

A good start for buy-to-let in 2017

It makes no sense to tempt fate in this marketplace, and one swallow does...
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COMMENT

Comment

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Searching for sunny uplands

There is a growing sense, shared quietly in boardrooms and rather less quietly over kitchen tables, that the UK has lost a degree of...

How advisers can find and secure powerful introducers to grow their business – Pt2

I hope you found my earlier article useful and enlightening and if so, please read on, as in this piece I complete the steps...

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Family BS expands fixed rate range across core lending lines

Family Building Society has launched a refreshed range of fixed rate products spanning owner-occupier...
Appointments

HLPartnership hires Toby Miles from Legal & General for recruitment role

HLPartnership has appointed Toby Miles as recruitment manager, joining the mortgage and protection network...
Technology

Mortgage Brain unveils major CRM Brain update shaped by broker feedback

Mortgage Brain has released its most extensive update to CRM Brain, introducing new functionality...
ESG

Consumers put greater trust in B Corp certified financial providers, says Cumberland

More than half of consumers say they would feel more confident in their bank...

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