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FEATURE: A very real building & contents story

Kevin Paterson, sales and marketing director, Assurant Intermediary, describes a very real B&C scenario It's...

COMMENT: Time to take off the rose-tinted glasses

Peter Beaumont, chief executive of Residential Property Solutions, wants intermediaries to capitalise on sale...

COMMENT: live for today

Bob Young, managing director of Capital Home Loans, offers some wise words for the...

ADVICE: understand B&C add-ons

Take time to understand B&C add-ons, advises Kevin Paterson of Assurant Intermediary Additional covers -...

ADVICE: Second chance still available

Don't write off the secured loan sector, warns Phil Whitehouse, head of The Mortgage...

ADVICE: Going back to school

Are you prepared for September, asks Justin Rees, head of marketing at Leadpoint UK The...

ADVICE: being content with your clients’ cover

It could be worth de-bundling your clients' contents cover from their buildings insurance, writes...

ADVICE: be there for your old clients

It's good to talk, argues Richard Hurst, director of the Charlbury Group As tales of...

ADVICE: You need trust and confidence

Advisers who inspire trust and confidence should make the most of clients' protection needs,...

COMMENT: Bundles of funds

Bob Hunt, chief executive of Paradigm Mortgage Services, is watched Abbey's bundled strategy with...

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A walk on the supply side

The UK government’s stated goal to build 1.5 million homes during the current parliamentary term underlines a strong political focus on addressing the housing...

Don’t build in fear – quality must come before quotas

“This is my message to housebuilders: get on with it. If you promise homes, you have to build them.” - Prime Minister Keir Starmer, 25...

AI won’t replace mortgage brokers – but those who don’t adapt could be left behind, say industry leaders

Artificial intelligence is set to transform the mortgage industry but it won’t replace the role of the broker, according to a panel of sector...

Why the mortgage industry must digitise for the customer, not just for compliance

Home buyers today can manage their finances, verify their ID and even order a sofa for next-day delivery all from their phones. Yet when...

The BBC’s exposé isn’t news to mortgage advisers – but it might be to the public

Let’s be honest, for mortgage advisers, the recent Panorama investigation into conditional selling by estate agents wasn’t so much a revelation as it was...

Latest news

MAB sees revenues rise 19% as adviser productivity strengthens

Mortgage Advice Bureau has posted a robust trading update for the first half of...

Rightmove mortgage revenues double as digital growth strategy pays off

Rightmove has more than doubled the size of its mortgages business in the first...

Market Harborough eases stress tests to support wider range of residential borrowers

Market Harborough Building Society has announced a relaxation of its interest rate stress testing...

CHL Mortgages cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 32bps

CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries has unveiled sweeping rate cuts across its buy-to-let mortgage range,...