Opinions & blogs

How can you maximise affordability for your clients?

What’s your go-to lender for clients who want to maximise their affordability? Chances are, you...

Building societies go where other lenders might fear to tread

Understandably there is a great deal of ‘noise’ around the later life lending market...

Increased opportunities in Scotland

Back in March we saw the fifth FSE Glasgow take place. After extending our...

Maintaining confidence in conveyancing

We live (and work) in highly-regulated times – I probably don’t need to tell...

Cars and retirement

The other day I heard a Kia advertisement on my car radio. The narration...

Fleet Mortgages: how we dealt with the downtime

Keeping staff motivated and engaged can be a difficult job at the best of...

Deposit requirements still hampering first-time buyers

Looking at the recent stats from HMRC, many in the market might be surprised...

How might the regulator have got it so wrong?

The industry has had a little over a month to digest the contents of...

We can’t do it alone

Sorry to say this, but I am not a fan of golf. However, hearing...

Busting myths about bridging finance

The demand for bridging finance has grown significantly over recent years, and yet, despite...

Who am I?

Are you a Brexiteer or a Remainer? If you are a Brexiteer you are...

SME funding options in the wake of Brexit

The never-ending churn of Brexit updates mean the only certainty right now is a...

Why the FCA is wrong over advice

I’m going to start with a point that you might have thought was rather...

In defence of the procuration fee model

Government u-turns used to be as rare as hen’s teeth; indeed, back in the...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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