2011: the year of uncertainty
Lenders who can offer credit impaired borrowers a lifeline are likely to see significant demand for their services. What the market needs is a wider range...
Multiple cases in one claim
Lenders face a series of unknown risks as even the strongest of liability claims against solicitors may effectively be uninsured. Kevin O’Brien, partner...
Community building needs community lending
With planning applications for new homes down 23 per cent on last year, Raymond Connor, chief executive of BuildStore Financial Services, believes lenders...
Tenant payment issues
Falling rental and mortgage arrears are nothing but good news for lenders, says Paul Jardine, director and receiver at Templeton LPA, but arrears may well...
The PII watershed
Anthony Ruane, lead partner at Optima Legal, looks at the thorny subject of professional indemnity insurance, as solicitor firms increasingly find it hard...
Alternative Business Structures due October...
By Eddie Goldsmith, chairman of The Conveyancing Association
Fraud - review and review again the lending...
By John Simmons, market development consultant at BancTec
The Scullion case and the valuer’s liability:...
By David Bailey, partner and head of services to lenders group at Sprecher Grier Halberstam LLP
Holistic IT outsourcing
By Dave Patel, managing director of DPR Consulting
Is the rental market strengthening?
By Martin Gatenby, development manager at Move with Us