The mortgage market is far from dead –...
With constraints on mortgage funding and restriction on capital, lenders are deleveraging their balance sheets, says Tony Ward, chief executive of Home...
Is equity release entering a new era?
Ged Hosty, managing director of equity release at Partnership, believes the time has come for the equity release market to pick up as more providers enter...
Repossessions and the Equality Act
Alice Hawker and Alexander Swain of LPC Law discuss the Equality Act 2010 and its impact on mortgage possession proceedings and highlights some case studies
Mortgage Fraud – turning losses into revenue
Michael Leeds, associate director at Grant Thornton, explains how a pro-active approach to mortgage fraud can turn write-offs into revenue by using the...
Future proofing tomorrow’s lenders today...
Geraint Chamberlain of Target Group explains why lenders in today’s challenging financial services market must have a wide range of strategic options...
The demise of sale and rent back
David Bailey of SGH Martineau LLP takes a look at sale and rent back schemes and the recent Court of Appeal decision in the North East Property Buyers...
HSBC advocates relationship lending
Joanne Atkin talks to Peter Dockar, head of mortgages at HSBC, about the bank’s mortgage strategy and rapid rise in lending over the last five years
Self build’s new home in the mainstream
The self build sector continues to make headway in offering solutions to the housing market. Raymond Connor, chief executive of BuildStore Financial Services,...
Finding the right, or wrong, customers
Juliet Coukham, director retail lending strategy at Callcredit Information Group, looks at how credit scores work and whether they are a valid tool in...
What next for the lender-intermediary relationship?
Frank Eve, managing director of Frank Eve Consulting, discusses the proposed new regulations within the Mortgage Market Review and the implications for...