Every broker should have a business plan



Now that we are more than halfway through November it is a good time to start thinking about 2012. What any good firm will have done is a business plan. This will at the least detail key objectives, income targets, costs and how the tasks are going to be achieved. I would recommend that all ...

All we have to do now is charm consumers



There are a number of reasons to be positive about the mortgage market at the moment, although you have to look hard to find them. There was £362bn gross lending at the peak of the mortgage market back in 2007 and at that time there were 25,000 brokers actively selling mortgages that works out ...

Increasing activity gives hope for 2012



There were quite a few positive stories in last week’s Mortgage Strategy and while I believe we are in for a tough 2012, there might be a twinkle of light at the end of the tunnel. A number of lenders increased their maximum LTVs, Nationwide softened its new-build policy and GE Money Home ...


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