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2016: Challenges, changes and opportunities for brokers
To quote a heavily used cliché from Alexander Graham Bell: “When one door closes,...
22 February 2016
What will Osborne do on 16 March?
If it’s not in your diaries already then 16 March is certainly a day to...
22 February 2016
Restaurants aren’t risky by nature
Nine out of 10 restaurants fail in their first year of trading. It’s a statistic...
22 February 2016
Are lenders committed to the intermediary market?
It’s not often you get four of the biggest hitters from the lending industry...
22 February 2016
Where are household insurance premiums heading?
The average cost of home insurance fell by 3% last year, according to the...
22 February 2016
A better tomorrow
2015 was a positive year for the mortgage market in many respects and was...
1 February 2016
Don’t neglect the conveyancing
There is a long tradition in politics, business and the economy to look at...
1 February 2016
Why the long face?
One can’t help but come back to the market after the new year break...
26 January 2016
Is Flood Re’s future already in doubt?
The record levels of rainfall this winter have brought the misery of flooding to...
25 January 2016
Conveyancers are coming under severe pressure
It might be a push to suggest that January has so far been ‘the...
25 January 2016
Beware the best bridging rates
At First 4 Bridging we speak to brokers every day of the week, and...
18 January 2016
The changing face of specialist lending in 2016
According to recent estimates, the mortgage market will reach £230 billion by the end...
11 January 2016
Why 2015 gave us food for thought
How might we describe the 2015 mortgage market when we come to look back...
21 December 2015
Expect evolution not revolution in commercial lending
The amount of investors looking at properties outside of the ‘traditional’ residential buy-to-let is...
14 December 2015
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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...
6 February 2026
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...
5 February 2026
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...
4 February 2026
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...
4 February 2026
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...
3 February 2026
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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates
Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...
6 February 2026
Technology
Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly
Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...
6 February 2026
Building Societies
The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges
Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...
6 February 2026
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FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG
The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...
6 February 2026
PROFILES
Louisa Sedgwick on Paragon and the future of buy-to-let
Graham McClelland on Britain’s broken mortgage market
Gareth Lewis on leading MT Finance through a changing landscape
