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![A wider industry approach is needed to help advice firms improve their incomes Keith Young](https://www.financialreporter.co.uk/images/243x170/keith_young-30646.jpg)
Keith Young, managing director of Broker Conveyancing, explores the way the current mortgage market is working for both borrowers and advisers, and how improving the home buying and...
![The holiday let market - An underwriter’s view Rob Ford Hodge](https://www.financialreporter.co.uk/images/243x170/rob_ford_hodge-30638.jpg)
Rob Ford, head of mortgage origination at Hodge, uncovers the different approaches underwriters are taking to help ensure support for borrowers operating within the UK holiday market...
![Shaping the ideal development finance deal should not be a guessing game – trusting in transparency and collaboration jigsaw puzzle appoint partner join](https://www.financialreporter.co.uk/images/243x170/256-shutterstock_167024141.jpg)
Alan MacLeod, director of credit, and Martin Gilsenan, chief originations officer at Atelier, explore why there will be plentiful opportunities in the residential development finance...
![Proactivity is key weapon against rising arrears Richard Harrison Atom](https://www.financialreporter.co.uk/images/243x170/richard_harrison_atom-20370.jpg)
Richard Harrison, head of mortgages at Atom Bank, explores how flexible solutions can provide borrowers who are struggling to make their mortgage payments with the assistance needed to...
![Let’s not overplay the fear of negative equity Kate Davies IMLA](https://www.financialreporter.co.uk/images/243x170/10993-kate-d-sept14-crop.jpg)
Kate Davies, executive director of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), explains why negative equity is not quite the death knell some market commentors make out.
![What’s next for new homes? Market outlook and performance for the new financial year Mobeen Akram MAB](https://www.financialreporter.co.uk/images/243x170/mobeen_akram_mab-30666.jpg)
Mobeen Akram, new homes director at Mortgage Advice Bureau, explores why the new homes market is showing positive signs for 2024.
![The lending community could be more ‘in tune’ with the needs of today’s first-time buyer Sebastian Murphy Rory Murphy JLM](https://www.financialreporter.co.uk/images/243x170/Sebastian Murphy Rory Murphy.jpg)
Rory Joseph and Sebastian Murphy, directors at JLM Mortgage Services, discuss how lenders could look at their pricing, maximum LTV, or the flexibility they offer to new purchasers who...
![Taking protection seriously Amanda Wilson 2023](https://www.financialreporter.co.uk/images/243x170/amanda_wilson_2023-19464.jpg)
Amanda Wilson, director at The Right Mortgage & Protection Network, explores the onus on advisers to adopt a more holistic approach to the advice process since the introduction of...
![Second charge solutions for all David Binney Norton](https://www.financialreporter.co.uk/images/243x170/david_binney_norton-30469.jpg)
David Binney, commercial manager at Norton Home Loans, explores rising demand for second charge solutions, ongoing misconceptions surrounding the second charge market, and why the...