The slowdown in the property market means it is now taking nearly twice as long to sell a home than it did last year. This is according to data released earlier this year that showed properties took an average of 49 days to sell in May, compared to 26 days in May...

Consumers are now finally getting used to the fact that higher interest rates are here to stay. Rather than sitting on their hands and putting their lives on hold, they are considering their options, undertaking research and realising that there are ways they can...

Affordability continues to be a key issue for brokers when it comes to successfully placing cases. Earlier this year, research platform, MBT, published research that found more than three quarters (76%) of brokers say they work with clients they believe should be able...

Commercial property can provide lucrative returns for investors and is attracting more attention from residential property investors who are looking to diversify their portfolio. Making the leap from residential investment to commercial can sometimes seem daunting,...

It's during times of challenge that the best businesses really come to the fore, adapt to the environment, deliver customers what they need and set themselves apart from the competition. With a stagnant property market and lenders snapping up remortgage business with...

Originally published in Bridging & Commercial. William Lloyd-Hayward, Group COO officer at Brightstar Group — one of the co-founding firms of the Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) — has expressed the company’s advocacy for working in the office and...

As was widely predicted, the property market has slowed in the first quarter of this year as rising costs and economic uncertainty have combined to dissuade people from moving home or taking their first step onto the housing ladder. According to official data from...

Originally published in Mortgage Introducer - written by Jake Carter.   Getting to the top of your field is desired by many but achieved by relatively few -  it can take persistence and a lot of hard work to move up the ranks. Rob Jupp (pictured), group chief...

Traditionally, regulated bridging has been used by home movers whose own sale has fallen through where they do not want to lose the property they are buying, with the funds used to secure the purchase while they await the proceeds from their current home....

After many years of sitting at historically low levels, mortgage rates are now rising. Those customers whose fixed rates have come to an end in the last six months and the start of 2023 will be the first to feel the pain, with the monthly cost of maintaining their...