Donna Francis, managing director at Envelop, explores the ongoing pressures that are shaping the development landscape, particularly across residential and commercial sectors.

Chris Blewitt, head of mortgage distribution at Darlington Building Society, says the mortgage industry should stop treating maternity leave as a risk and start recognising it for what...

Jeremy Duncombe, managing director for Accord Mortgages, talks about the importance of mentoring - and passing on knowledge and best practices – to the future of the mortgage...

Conor McDermott, director of SME lending at LHV Bank, says that 'missing middle' SME firms can represent a strong opportunity for brokers if they can access lenders willing to take a...

Owen Bentley, sales director at Inspired Lending, says Scotland deserves the same access to short-term finance as any other part of the UK.

Rob Oliver, director of distribution at Dudley Building Society, says that if brokers can start looking at heavy refurb deals through a self-build lens, and if lenders can support that...

Richard Harrison, head of mortgages at Atom Bank, notes that around 2.5 million people are in debt to their water company and that this can be enough to push them out of the prime...

James Lucas, director at Financial Reporter's parent company Barcadia Media, says as the remortgage season builds towards summer, one thing is clear: after a year of uncertainty,...

Claire Askham, head of mortgage sales at Buckinghamshire Building Society, explores why brokers don’t always need a specialist lender for specialist cases.

In the second of his 'Mythbusting' series with Financial Reporter, Harpal Singh, CEO at conveybuddy, explores why having a limited choice of conveyancers risks putting the...