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COMMENT: new lenders – fact or fiction?

Which rumoured new lending propositions will actually come to fruition, asks Guy Garrard, head...

COMMENT: plenty of reasons to be optimistic

Doom and gloom? It's not the way I see it, says Eddie Goldsmith, senior...

COMMENT: anger over FSA fee hikes justified

Brokers are rightly aggrieved by FSA fees, argues Phil Whitehouse, head of The Mortgage...

COMMENT: FSA regulation will hinder buy-to-let revival

Bob Young, managing director of Capital Home Loans, doubts the FSA will resist regulating...

ADVICE: Working 9 to 5 (and beyond)

Dean Jones, head of paaleads.com, looks at changing working patterns Without wishing to come across...

ADVICE: working with dual pricing

Kevin Paterson, sales and marketing director at Assurant Intermediary, looks at different ways to...

COMMENT: will commercial inherit the mainstream market improvement?

Guy Garrard, head of business development at Tiuta, looks at the commercial mortgage market It's...

COMMENT: Protect yourself against the failure of others

It's vital to review regularly your business relationships, warns Harpal Singh, managing director of...

ADVICE: moving to a fee model

Kevin Paterson, sales and marketing director at Assurant Intermediary, looks at how intermediaries can...

COMMENT: Considering the direct approach

ARs should consider the DA route, argues Phil Whitehouse, head of The Mortgage Alliance...

COMMENT: Twelfth night is no comedy of errors

Eddie Goldsmith , senior partner at Goldsmith Williams, has more bad news for consumers You...

COMMENT: Obstacles can be overcome

2009 wasn't all doom and gloom, says Guy Garrard, head of business development at...

COMMENT: what will this year bring?

Harpal Singh, managing director of Conveyancing Alliance Ltd, looks forward to 2010 Without doubt 2010...

ADVICE: selling protection and insurance

Phil Whitehouse, head of The Mortgage Alliance (TMA) sees plenty of opportunity in insurance...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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