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Helping a client out of a hole

Sometimes, a mortgage application that appears to be on-track for a quick and trouble-free...

Rate rise on the horizon

The news that Britain’s inflation rate turned positive in July has added further fuel...

Pension freedoms haven’t hit equity release

There were many commentators who suggested the new pension freedoms would sound the death...

When you want to sell up

‘It’s not where you start, it’s where you finish...’ goes the song however I...

How landlords might respond to tax relief changes

Now that some of the dust has settled from George Osborne’s Emergency Budget particularly...

Over land and sea

With July 2015 looking likely to be the wettest on record in the UK,...

A tax on all your houses

It is a sure sign that the property market is in rude health when,...

Time for remortgage clients to grasp the nettle

The Bank Base Rate (BBR) rollercoaster appears to have been steadily cranked up in...

Budget implications for buy-to-let landlords

With the government’s plans posing new challenges for landlords, property investors may want to...

Budget consequences will run and run

If Chancellor George Osborne wanted to get the nation talking over the summer period...

Lenders still – and will always – wield the power

Reading about the major UK lenders and their apparent push for some of the...

Not making a claim can still cost your clients

I recently read a piece in one of the national personal finance pages that...

How to use a credit score in a positive manner

Post-MMR there has been little talk about flexibility from either a lender or borrower’s...

Networks can offer the best of both worlds

The network model, and the various variations of it, is constantly in the spotlight...

COMMENT

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...

Latest news

Skipton Group appoints group chief internal auditor

Skipton Group has appointed Caroline Dale as its new group chief internal auditor, with...

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...

Family Building Society launches BoE tracker mortgages

Family Building Society has launched a new range of Bank of England tracker mortgages...

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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