Features

Non-traditional options for SMEs

If an SME is turned away from a high street lender, other options are...

How financial institutions are embracing change

The notion of a 'tipping point' became part of the public psyche after Malcolm...

Reasons to be cheerful (part ’13)

I’ve always been an optimistic type and the mortgage market is providing plenty of...

Good times for buy-to-let

The buy-to-let sector hardly needed any further stimulation, but received another shot in the...

Do your homework

When was the last time that you checked what your club offered? Are...

Don’t ignore the silver surfers

When you think of the average internet user – and the typical social media...

Financial incentives and the FCA

The TCF initiative has been with us for a number of years now. It...

Specialist lending & complex investment opportunities

As confidence increases in the commercial property market, our brokers are reporting a growing...

BTL fraud is everyone’s business

While landlords, lenders and brokers are no doubt enjoying the growth of the buy-to-let...

Solicitors remain uncertain about activity

Many outside the housing market are continually looking for signs of an improving market...

Huge potential still from protection

Although the protection market is enjoying something of a purple patch at present –...

Shifting attitudes towards inheritance?

The interest-only time bomb stories may have died down slightly from the wall-to-wall coverage...

Let’s not ‘innovate’ ourselves into another disaster

I’ve written before about the use of the word ‘innovation’ in the mortgage marketplace...

‘Know your broker’ is changing face of DA market

The Know your Broker initiative is having a real effect on directly authorised advisers...
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COMMENT

Comment

Why the collapse of US auto finance lenders matters for UK mortgages

You might wonder why a car loans provider across the Atlantic has anything to do with UK mortgages – on the face of it,...

There’s no room for complacency, it’s time for collaboration

Last year the government announced a proposal to reform the home-buying system in a bid to speed up the property transaction process, cut costs...

Lenders that adapt to customer and broker needs will be the winners

For UK mortgage brokers, the choice of lender partner has never been more important. In a market shaped by fluctuating rates, evolving regulation and increasing...

First-time landlords and first-time buyers are still entering the market

Despite the upheaval, new entrants have not vanished. First-time landlords are still active and, according to Hamptons, millennials (born between 1981 and 1996) are...

36 more pay cheques before you’re made redundant

Imagine getting that email in your inbox first thing this morning! I tell you what: for the sake of another thought-provoking, rib-jabbing article, let's pretend...

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Russell Quirk becomes Property Investor Show shareholder

Russell Quirk is to become a shareholder in the Property Investor Show, strengthening his...
Mortgages

Mortgage market cools as remortgaging rebounds

UK mortgage activity steadied in December as house purchase approvals slipped but remortgaging gathered...
Appointments

Paradigm promotes Richard Howes to managing director role

Paradigm Mortgage Services has promoted Richard Howes to a newly created managing director position...
Buy-to-let

Fleet Mortgages adds 65% LTV products and cuts two-year pricing

Fleet mortgages has launched a new range of 65% loan-to-value mortgage products and cut...

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