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It’s a digital world

If there are any die-hard Madonna fans out there, forgive me for paraphrasing but...

Bridging the Brexit gap

Despite the sense of growing uncertainty in the light of Britain’s shock Brexit vote,...

Brexit may mean more of the status quo

If we were in any doubts about how politics shapes our lives then a...

Specialist lending powers ahead

There has been a lot of noise around the impending referendum and how the...

Buy-to-let fundamentals remain strong

If you were looking for the most obvious financial services headline of the year...

Was Osborne right to tackle buy-to-let?

The latest buy-to-let lending figures, issued by the Bank of England, may well give...

Can we maintain conveyancing turnaround levels?

My own impression is that it will take some time for the conveyancing market...

Are lenders behind the FCA’s latest pronouncements?

The flurry of papers from the FCA recently, all concentrating on the post-Mortgage Market...

Lessons in luck

Every once and a while, particularly if you are operating in a management position,...

Understanding semi-commercial growth

The surge in semi-commercial enquiries and why it could be due to a tax...

Flood Re – good, bad or ugly?

First announced in June 2013 and originally planned for last summer but delayed again...

The growth of alternative lending in development finance

There was a time, not that long ago, when the world of development finance...

Providing confidence in conveyancing

At a recent roundtable I hosted on the conveyancing market, what struck me most...

Lending into retirement: how the specialist market is taking the lead

As a nation we are working and living for longer and, as a result,...
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COMMENT

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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Hope Capital secures £35 million HTB funding line

Hope Capital Property Finance has secured a £35 million wholesale funding line from Hampshire...
Technology

Nottingham Building Society backs Instamo broker padel event

Nottingham Building Society has been confirmed as headline sponsor of Instamo's FastAdmin Broker Padel...
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Warhol collection helps secure £310k loan for home improvements

A high-net-worth client has secured a £310,000 short-term loan against a collection of Andy...
Fraud

Brokers urged to strengthen sanctions checks

Mortgage and financial services firms are being urged to review their sanctions controls after...

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