Opinions & blogs

AUTUMN BUDGET: Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes… NOT

After the delay of the Budget to 26 November and all the leaks, there...

AUTUMN BUDGET: Affordability remains the key to activity

After all the speculation, this Budget offered little for the housing market. No stamp duty...

Gareth Lewis on leading MT Finance through a changing landscape

Gareth Lewis has spent the past seven years at MT Finance, guiding the specialist...

NO FILTER: MAB’s relentless founder on risk, resilience and reinvention

Peter Brodnicki, co-founder and long-serving chief executive of Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB), has spent...

Past 6 to 7: the story behind our new lending limits

6,7, the viral ‘slang’ term accompanied by a two-handed palm up gesture being used...

Council Tax revaluation plan risks unsettling market

Revaluing properties in the top three council tax bands could prove costly and disruptive....

A changing landlord market that still offers solid long-term value

Landlords have faced a tough set of challenges over the past decade. Higher taxes,...

AMI Protection Viewpoint 2025: Turning challenges into opportunities

Delivering better outcomes and protecting more customers is all in a day’s work for...

Private credit poses challenges and opportunities for UK CROs

The global financial crash of 2008 revealed the dangers of financial contagion. What began...

GIS must be at the heart of place-based policymaking

The UK is under increasing pressure to deliver more homes, strengthen national infrastructure, and...

The PT is dead. Long live the broker!

Did you know that every time a borrower approaches their bank directly, a mortgage...

Landlords defy the doom – the buy-to-let bounce-back

While the Bank of England recently voted to hold the interest rate at 4%,...

The 12 Days of Christmas: Staying front of mind when clients go quiet

December has long been a quiet month for mortgage advisers. By mid-November, many client...

Why UPRNs and data standards are central to the next generation NLIS

In October 2025, through the Fourth Round of the Regulators’ Pioneer Fund (RPF), Government’s...
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COMMENT

Analysis

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

Building societies need to start putting intelligence into motion

If you were at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference in Edinburgh last month , you could not have missed the optimism: the sector...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 21

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 20

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

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UK risks two-tier energy transition without home investment

The UK risks creating a "two-tier" energy transition unless cleaner and smarter technologies are...
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MSB solicitor recognised with Future Leader award at British LGBT Awards

MSB Solicitors is marking Pride Month after one of its solicitors was named Future...
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The Yorkshire appoints two non-executive directors

Yorkshire Building Society has appointed Barry O’Dwyer and Philippa Brown as independent non-executive directors. The...
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HSBC cuts rates across residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges

HSBC UK is reducing rates across a broad selection of residential and buy-to-let mortgage...

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