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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...

COMMENT

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

The new Chancellor wants to remove barriers to growth; he should start with housing

There was probably a degree of unintended irony in the Treasury choosing to call the Chancellor, John Healey’s, first major market ‘intervention’ his ‘Growth...

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Landlords adapt portfolios as Renters’ Rights Act beds in

Landlords are adjusting their operating models to the Renters' Rights Act rather than retreating...

Chetwood Bank takes Tower 42 office as balance sheet reaches £7bn

Chetwood Bank has opened a new London office in Tower 42 as it expands...

Housing wealth could help close retirement income gap for 3.7m homeowners

Almost half of homeowner households aged 55 to 79 are expected to fall short...

Northern regions lead rise in Land Registry activity

Property transaction activity is strengthening more quickly in northern England and the Midlands than...

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