Opinions & blogs

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: Where now for non-conforming borrowers?

Guy Garrard, head of business development at Tiuta, is concerned that non-standard would-be borrowers...

ADVICE: getting your CV into shape

Chris Newbury, CEO of InterExec, gives brokers an explanation of the essence of how...

ADVICE: How to compete with the GI big boys

Kevin Paterson, sales and marketing director, Assurant Intermediary, suggests ways to play with the...

ADVICE: TCF & conveyancing

It's time to reconsider conveyancing choices in light of TCF, writes Steve Maine, managing...

ADVICE: There’s still money to be made in GI

Intermediaries can still compete in the general insurance space, argues Kevin Paterson, sales and...

ADVICE: Prepare for a better 12 months

Get ready for 2010, advises Justin Rees of LeadPoint. It might seem like a long...

FEATURE: A very real building & contents story

Kevin Paterson, sales and marketing director, Assurant Intermediary, describes a very real B&C scenario It's...

COMMENT: Time to take off the rose-tinted glasses

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

COMMENT

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...

Latest news

The Yorkshire appoints two non-executive directors

Yorkshire Building Society has appointed Barry O’Dwyer and Philippa Brown as independent non-executive directors. The...

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...

NHS workers priced out as affordability gap widens

Many NHS workers are being priced out of homeownership with average first-time buyer properties...

Metro Bank strengthens specialist mortgage team

Metro Bank has expanded its specialist mortgage team with a series of appointments and...

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