Affordability has consistently been an issue for customers throughout this year, as the ongoing cost-of-living crisis has increased monthly expenditure for all households at the same time as higher rates have restricted the loan sizes available to customers. However,...

The trend for property investors to explore alternative opportunities, such as semi-commercial, continues and lenders are responding with improved propositions and more competitive rates. Semi-commercial contains elements of both residential property and commercial...

Recent research from Paragon found that three quarters of landlords (74%) intend to buy property in the next a year plan to use a limited company structure. This is the highest recorded by the survey and is up from 62% in the first quarter of this year. This statistic...

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....