Opinions & blogs

What’s in store for next year?

With Christmas and the New Year fast approaching, planning for 2015 must now be...

A landlord’s nightmare

A story to send a shiver of fear down any landlord’s spine caught my...

UK commercial property market is attracting global interest

UK commercial property's attractive yield profile and steady returns continue to attract a broad...

Reasons to be positive about 2015

Done your Christmas shopping yet? No, me neither! But the first hints from loved...

Equity release advisers: take note of FOS

Any adviser active in the equity release market would do well to spend some...

Unlock a world of opportunity

With the strong pound boosting buyers’ purchasing power, opportunities in the overseas mortgage market...

The Insurance Bill – will it impact you?

Following a second reading in the House of Lords in the summer, it looks...

Client communications – where to start?

I had the pleasure of speaking to a number of advisers at an event...

A more positive end to the year is in sight

The main house price indices are published like clockwork every month and provide a...

Managing client expectations in a ‘price war’

The end of year ‘Price War’ appears to be in full effect and will...

Fleet Mortgages: we’re grasping a real market opportunity

Given that we are on the verge of launching a new lender, one that...

When does an HMO become a good investment opportunity?

The first sign that a house of multiple occupancy (HMO) is a good investment...

Permitted Development Rights – What lies ahead?

In 2010, the UK government outlined that the country’s property planning system should...

The repercussions of the MCD

I am being asked how the second charge market will respond to the...

COMMENT

Mutual strength and the broker partnership

The mutual sector has always been associated with community purpose, local branches and a member-first approach that feels a little different to the wider...

First-time, accidental or professional? How the landlord profile is shifting in 2026

One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is...

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Latest news

Together expands second charge range into commercial sector

Together has launched a new suite of commercial and semi-commercial second charge products as...

HTB launches ‘Flow’ range with rates from 5.54%

Hampshire Trust Bank has introduced ‘Flow’ - a new buy-to-let tier with rates starting...

Afin waives legal fees on remortgages in broker push

Afin Bank is offering free legal fees on remortgage applications submitted before the end...

Conveyancing delays blamed by 65% of buyers

More than six in ten homebuyers say conveyancing is the biggest cause of delays...

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