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Face-to-face communication in a digital age

Specialist advice is key because every case is different and is based on the...

Too many Expos?

I can’t be the only one to wonder at the mushrooming number of Expo...

The debate around deposit-raising

2016 has certainly been an intriguing and, to some extent, disturbing year to get...

How bridging can make the difference

Anyone who has been involved in the mortgage or loans market for any length...

What succeeds Help to Buy 2?

If you were to ask most mortgage market practitioners, what has been the government’s...

Launching into the private client market

Traditionally, the term ‘private client’ would conjure up images of boutique banks, wood panelled...

Specialist finance requires specialists

There is much talk of specialist lending within the marketplace at present and it’s...

A fair second charge fee?

I gave a recent presentation at the FSE London event in Old Billingsgate and...

Avoid the conveyancing dabblers

There’s many terms for those conveyancing firms who do a very small amount of...

Anticipating the Autumn Statement

The date has been set, and one presumes, the preparations about what it will...

No longer why but when and how

Working with intermediaries on behalf of the UK’s largest second charge distributor over the...

The buy-to-let Bank of Mum and Dad

We’ve all seen the importance of that venerable ‘institution’, the Bank of Mum and...

Getting to Christmas in the best shape

For those that have just come back from their summer holidays, here’s an interesting...

The Brexit effect on lending

It’s said that the secret to comedy is… timing, and indeed there’s a lot...
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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...

Navigating HMO and MUFB complexity with confidence

Historically, larger Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) and Multi-Unit Freehold Blocks (MUFBs) have often been avoided due to their complex layouts, individual planning requirements,...

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