Opinions & blogs

What now for interest only?

The announcement around the MMR, rather than clearing up the interest only situation, has...

Confidence is returning – or is that just pants?

Economists use various different barometers to try and predict when markets are entering or...

Opportunities across the pond

With signs that the housing market in the USA is bottoming out at last,...

Why trust will make peer-to-business lending a success

Innovations are often met with a great deal of scepticism and rightly so. There...

Regional buy-to-let: attention to detail needed

As with house prices, the discussion around rents often focuses on developments at a...

Seeing RDR as an opportunity

Working in mergers and acquisitions is a busy enough role at the best of...

The importance of valuation instructions

Phimister v DM Hall LLP CSOH 169 The issue was the scope of the...

The perils of BYOD

Increasingly, companies are encouraging their staff to use personal devices in the work place....

Smoke and mirrors in the mortgage market

Sad as the end of the summer is, its arrival is often welcomed by...

Crowdfunding: enabling advisers to become marketers

If one of your business clients came to you and asked for help marketing...

Landlords exploiting desperate tenants?

While these are fairly encouraging times for the buy-to-let sector, it does seem that...

Equity release and first-time buyers

The struggle facing first-time buyers in amassing a sufficient deposit has been well-documented, but...

Keeping a watch on tenant arrears

A recent survey by a Law of Property Act receiver estimates that there are...

Crowdfunding is turning finance truly social

Everyone knows the internet is a wonderful thing. It connects people who are relevant...
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COMMENT

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

News

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

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

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

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

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

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

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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