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....
Despite a record-breaking 2022, Brightstar Group CEO Rob Jupp is not resting on his laurels. Here, he speaks exclusively to Specialist Lending Solutions about his company’s performance, the opportunities in the market and where the winners will emerge in 2023. Last...
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...
The current economic environment means that many more of your clients will have specialist circumstances in 2023. A recent study from specialist lender, Pepper Money, found that the number of people with any form of adverse credit on their credit file within the last...
It hasn’t been an easy time to be a broker in recent weeks. Managing client expectations in a dramatic and uncertain environment can be very challenging, particularly when the result is an often greater cost to borrowers through higher rates or sometimes even deals...
Property remains a great opportunity for investors to earn both income and capital gains, and with demand for housing continuing to exceed supply, there’s little to suggest that this will change in the future. However, investors are being squeezed. Mortgage interest...
Need to register? Click here to start using our sourcing and case management system.
