Features

COMMENT: Time to take off the rose-tinted glasses

Peter Beaumont, chief executive of Residential Property Solutions, wants intermediaries to capitalise on sale...

Leadpoint: get fresh for the weekend

LeadPoint, is warning brokers that they are missing out on business by ignoring weekend...

COMMENT: live for today

Bob Young, managing director of Capital Home Loans, offers some wise words for the...

ADVICE: understand B&C add-ons

Take time to understand B&C add-ons, advises Kevin Paterson of Assurant Intermediary Additional covers -...

ADVICE: Second chance still available

Don't write off the secured loan sector, warns Phil Whitehouse, head of The Mortgage...

ADVICE: Going back to school

Are you prepared for September, asks Justin Rees, head of marketing at Leadpoint UK The...

ADVICE: being content with your clients’ cover

It could be worth de-bundling your clients' contents cover from their buildings insurance, writes...

ADVICE: be there for your old clients

It's good to talk, argues Richard Hurst, director of the Charlbury Group As tales of...

ADVICE: You need trust and confidence

Advisers who inspire trust and confidence should make the most of clients' protection needs,...

COMMENT: Bundles of funds

Bob Hunt, chief executive of Paradigm Mortgage Services, is watched Abbey's bundled strategy with...

FEATURE: Universal ambitions

Harpal Singh, managing director of Conveyancing Alliance Ltd, is buoyed by Bank of China's...

FEATURE: Getting back to basics with general insurance

Kevin Paterson, sales and marketing director, Assurant Intermediary gives handy advice to intermediaries looking...

FEATURE: England expects… that every credit broker will do his duty

Simon Engelsman, legal counsel for Tiuta plc, highlights some of the thorny legal issues...

COMMENT

How advisers can find and secure powerful introducers to grow their business – Pt2

I hope you found my earlier article useful and enlightening and if so, please read on, as in this piece I complete the steps...

What building the future means for mortgages

Earlier this month I attended the Abundance 360 summit in Los Angeles, Peter Diamandis’s annual gathering of entrepreneurs, scientists, tech CEOs and investors who are,...

Five things brokers across the country are telling me right now

The thing I’ve always enjoyed most about working in the specialist mortgage market is the people. I’m lucky that a big part of my job...

The FCA has made the case for holistic mortgage advice

Last Thursday, the head of the FCA stood up at the JP Morgan Pensions and Savings Symposium and dropped a line that deserves more...

Technology’s biggest challenge is not the one you think

There is a version of the mortgage technology story that gets told at conferences and in trade press with some regularity. It involves platforms, disruption...

Latest news

Millions unclear on cost of credit as gaps in financial understanding persist

Millions of UK adults are using credit without fully understanding borrowing costs or how...

UK house price growth slows as London slips into decline

HM Land Registry’s latest UK House Price Index shows the average property price across...

FCA to extend conduct rules to cover bullying and harassment

Mortgage brokers, lenders and other regulated firms will have to tighten their internal conduct...

Solar and heat pump rules could push up mortgage prices

New rules forcing developers to install solar panels and low-carbon heating systems on most...

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