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IHT planning for a better future

In his Budget earlier this month the Chancellor announced that the inheritance tax (IHT)...

Reasons to be positive about 2021 and beyond

With early Spring sunshine beginning to seep through, Lockdown 3 measures starting to be...

Rates really do matter

The push towards long-term fixed-rate mortgages seems to be gathering a small amount of...

Q&A: All change

Having just announced a new technology platform and rebrand, BestAdvice talked to Martin Schultheiss,...

Making a difference

Jo Whiley and Marcus Rashford have shown how to make a difference recently. They...

Lockdown easing should boost supply

Broadly speaking, you would have to say that the Budget did just about all...

The need for specialist products will only continue to rise

Building a new arm of any business is a daunting task at any time....

The increasing importance of new build

Two words which I believe best sum up the new build housing market in...

There’s a greater need for understanding clients’ finances

Generally speaking, I’m a pretty positive guy but I’m not ashamed to say that...

Working it out to reshape the housing market

The question around what the pandemic and lockdown living will ultimately mean for the...

Why PTs aren’t all good

2020 was likely to have been a good year for many mortgage market stakeholders...

Will the Chancellor kick thousands of cans down the road?

So, according to The Times, six weeks has now become three months. I’m talking of...

The packager continues to play a vital role for brokers and lenders

As we hope to see a return to some sort of normality in the...

Equity release is not a rate-driven solution

In the equity release market, I’ve always felt there was a potential disconnect between...
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Fixed rates

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

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...

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BuildLoan launches World Cup predictor for brokers

BuildLoan has launched a World Cup prediction competition for UK mortgage brokers, with cash...
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FRP arranges £4.1m refinance for York student accommodation scheme

FRP Real Estate Advisory has arranged a £4.1m commercial term facility to refinance a...
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Investor backs secondary retail prospects with Essex acquisition

An investor has highlighted the continuing appeal of well-located secondary retail assets after completing...
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The Mortgage Works signals buy-to-let rate reductions

The Mortgage Works is cutting rates by up to 0.22 percentage points across selected...

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