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The holy grail for lending

Ask any mortgage or credit provider to name their top 10 customer origination challenges...

PII is not a simple tick-box exercise

Calling something a ‘tick-box exercise’ generally deems it to be trivial or certainly an...

Questions to open up commercial opportunities

One of the most critical challenges that brokers consistently face is ensuring that enough...

Why brokers value flexible buy-to-let lenders

Despite the many challenges landlords face, the truth is that the rental market remains...

Is the FPC ditching the wrong measure?

As you will no doubt have read, in a week from now the Bank...

Specialist lenders can help during cost of living crisis

For many millions of people in the UK, these are unprecedented economic times. With...

Mortgage market reviews can always benefit advisers

Boris Johnson’s recent announcement of a new ‘independent review of access to mortgage finance’...

Working together is crucial to drag conveyancing into the future

While the last few years have been incredibly challenging, one of the positives to...

H1 2022: how was it for you?

So, that was the first six months of 2022. How was it for you? I’m...

Personal approach crucial to Consumer Buy-to-let

One of the results of the challenges of the last couple of years has...

The importance of the government mortgage review

When it comes to the recent announcement by the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, of...

Borrowing into retirement

Borrowing into retirement has become increasingly common in recent years, as the lifestyles and...

Don’t overlook the market for Consumer BTL

The buy-to-let market has evolved considerably over recent years and so have the products...

Inflationary pressures will undoubtedly impact the mortgage market

There’s no doubting that mortgage advice practitioners have a lot to contend with at...
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Artificial Intelligence

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...

Hobson’s Choice: Which root canal treatment would you prefer, Sir?

Now that Andy Pandy from ‘oop norf’ is de facto the Prime Minister elect and will shortly be choosing the colour scheme of No...

Buy-to-let: reality versus a much-peddled narrative

Every few months, it seems, another report emerges suggesting buy-to-let no longer stacks up as an investment proposition. The headlines are often dramatic, the...

A week of progress and reassurance

The past week has brought further reassurance for borrowers. With the Bank of England holding the base rate as expected and inflation remaining steady...

ABS 2026 review: Economic factors stemming growth

As the Global ABS conference ended there was no doubt that it was a huge success, with official numbers being confirmed at 5,500 attendees,...

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