Opinions & blogs

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: MPPI needs detoxifying

MPPI needs detoxifying MPPI, argues Kevin Paterson, sales and marketing director, Assurant Intermediary Mortgage payment...

COMMENT: don’t ban legal referral fees

Eddie Goldsmith , senior partner, Goldsmith Williams is concerned by the Law Society's volte...

ADVICE: getting your GI marketing on target

Kevin Paterson, sales and marketing director at Assurant Intermediary, looks at the importance of...

COMMENT

Mutual strength and the broker partnership

The mutual sector has always been associated with community purpose, local branches and a member-first approach that feels a little different to the wider...

First-time, accidental or professional? How the landlord profile is shifting in 2026

One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is...

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Latest news

The Vernon hires internal BDM to expand intermediary reach

Vernon Building Society has appointed Damien Sabbaghe as intermediary business development manager as it...

Coventry trims first-time buyer and limited company buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has cut selected mortgage rates for first-time buyers and limited company...

TRM adds to PMI team with supervision & development manager hire

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has appointed Gemma Penkethman as PMI supervision &...

Rental yields rise across England and Wales as buy-to-let market enters more volatile period

Rental yields increased annually in every region of England and Wales in the first...

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