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There are certain businesses within financial services who are very adept at, not just...

Retirement income and what to use – pension fund or housing wealth?

This is a what came first, the chicken or the egg, conundrum. It is common...

We’ve reached the tipping point with Stamp Duty

It will perhaps surprise no-one working in our industry to learn that the tax...

Don’t pull the plug on buy-to-let advice

Given the Rugby World Cup has now kicked off, we’re into early morning breakfast...

Easing tension between lenders and advisers

At any given time in our market, I think it’s always possible to sense...

Meeting the growing demand for advice

Clearly, one of the major regulatory concerns at present is the somewhat uneasy ‘coalition’...

How to keep up in the changing world of client engagement

One of the current challenges for mortgage brokers is that you don’t just compete...

Assessing Help to Buy’s effectiveness

Given that we are (seemingly) very close to a General Election – perhaps even...

Are you maximising lead generation opportunities?

Any good, long-standing business is served by a network of reliable and productive relationships....

Something extra

Firstly, some facts for you. A healthy active life that exercises body and mind...

Why advice is needed by FTB parents and grandparents

When it comes to the mortgage market, we appear to be never more than...

Sam Barker: Can Boris Johnson save buy-to-let?

Buy-to-let has suffered a series of body blows recently, but is heading for what...

Are the Stamp Duty rumours dead?

Parliament may currently be officially in recess but the real truth of the matter...

What will happen to a post-Brexit Bank Rate?

With all eyes on the ongoing political situation, there are likely to be some...
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2026 forecasts: St. James’s Place

Four senior figures at St. James’s Place outline themes, opportunities and concerns for 2026. JUSTIN ONUEKWUSI, CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER Artificial intelligence is likely to remain a...

2026 forecasts: Atom bank

Chris Storey, chief commercial officer at Atom bank, provides his thoughts on the residential and commercial mortgage market as we head into the new...

“It’s Christmas time, there’s no need not to check your supplier list…”

With the Christmas holidays upon us, it’s fair to say that business issues might be slipping down the priority list just a little bit,...

FS25/6 and the execution-only irony brokers can’t ignore

Reading FCA FS25/6, it is difficult not to notice an uncomfortable irony in the regulator’s conclusions around execution-only sales. The paper rightly raises concerns about...

Less Autumn Budget and more Autumn Bodgit

After months of fevered speculation before the Budget residential property transactions juddered to a halt. I always suspected that as ‘confidence arrives on foot and...

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