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No longer why but when and how

Working with intermediaries on behalf of the UK’s largest second charge distributor over the...

The buy-to-let Bank of Mum and Dad

We’ve all seen the importance of that venerable ‘institution’, the Bank of Mum and...

Getting to Christmas in the best shape

For those that have just come back from their summer holidays, here’s an interesting...

The Brexit effect on lending

It’s said that the secret to comedy is… timing, and indeed there’s a lot...

Stress-testing P2P lending: questions advisers should ask

When it comes to peer-to-peer (P2P) lending, advisers could be forgiven for feeling they’re...

Pensions or property? Clarity please…

In a month where the David Brent movie has been released, you might have...

VIDEO: The-post Brexit pricing landscape

Shawbrook Bank's managing director of property finance & deputy CEO Stephen Johnson discusses the...

Lending into retirement: nice to have or necessity?

There are more than 10 million people in the UK over 65 and the...

Understanding the fall in home ownership

The UK is a bit odd when it comes to home ownership. We’re one...

Is Flood Re starting to make an impact?

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) recently confirmed that 90% of claims resulting from...

Marketing to the younger generation

In order to appear ‘down with the kids’ I will begin this article with...

Is equity release expensive?

Several surveys have recently been published showing the majority of retirees will have to...

In praise of the accountant

In the world of professional services there are few more important needs than a...

Focus on the here and now

Understandably a large part of the mortgage market appears to be taking stock of...

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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...

What the agents say: 2026 housing market predictions

Next year should be a year of steady progress for the housing market. After a challenging 2025 where we saw little to no house...

Graham McClelland on Britain’s broken mortgage market

When Graham McClelland, the youthful and quietly intense chief executive of Gen H, arrived at the City of London office of the fast-growing mortgage...

Younger consumers are ready for protection. So why aren’t we reaching them?

For years, the protection market has assumed that younger adults are less engaged with financial risk planning. Yet the latest findings from Bruised Britain...

Latest news

IMLA backs FCA roadmap on mortgage rule review

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has described the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA’s) Feedback...

Borrowers moved early as rate cut expectations built, Twenty7tec data shows

Mortgage search activity reached its highest level of the month on 9 December, nine...

AdviceTech ‘giants’ join AdviserSoftware.com AI comparison service

Three of the UK’s most widely used adviser technology systems – Dynamic Planner, FE...

Somo cuts bridging rates after Bank of England move

Somo has moved quickly to cut rates across its bridging range following the Bank...

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