The Association of Residential Lettings Agents reported last week that there is a growing shortage of private rented property available vs the number of tenants looking for a place to rent.  This piece of news is supported by a number of indices reporting that rental yields have been firming up ...

I am sure that MMR is going to be a hot topic for a number of weeks and of course we should not under estimate the potential impact of the proposed changes. However, there was a fair bit of knee-jerk journalism last week, virtually minutes after the consultation paper (CP) was issued there were ...

Not a week goes by where there isn’t a press release about a broker being fined or struck off the FSA register for some kind of financial crime; this may lead you to think that fraud has suddenly spiralled out of control. However, in my experience the increase in fines and de-authorisations is ...

I did a ring around a good few brokers last week to get feedback on our new products and to gauge how busy the market was. The last few months have not been great for lending what with the general election and the lack of confidence in the markets and more recently the World Cup and Wimbledon ...