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Shelley Stern, director of mortgages at Masthaven Finance, explores how secured lending can play a legitimate and sometimes transformative role for borrowers in debt arrangements, but...

Scott McLoughlin, head of intermediary sales and distribution at LV= General Insurance, explains why home insurance conversations matter, how to ensure that clients’ home...

Simon Chapman, group head of marketing at Vida Bank, explores why first-time buyers remain the most important cohort within the UK housing market, the key affordability challenges...

Darren Deacon, head of intermediary sales at Family Building Society, says that although first-time buyers now dominate the market, they face significant barriers, with brokers seeing...

Tom Steer, head of underwriting at LendInvest, provides mortgage brokers with the essential knowledge required to navigate the high-stakes transitions from traditional buy-to-let to a...

As higher rates, cost-of-living pressures, and a refinancing wave reshape borrower finances, adverse credit cases are becoming more common. Oliver Smith, strategic partnership manager...

Anna Lewis, commercial director at Castle Trust Bank, says advisers who understand Making Tax Digital rules will be better placed to support landlord clients, spot where extra...

Carly Proudfoot, national account manager at Key Partnerships, explores how later life lending can be effectively integrated into a holistic advice process, rather than considered in...

Jamie Page, head of protection distribution at The Exeter, explains why, as AI becomes more embedded in financial services, advisers have a real opportunity to let the technology...

Phil Riches, sales director at Keystone Property Finance, explores what is driving landlords to incorporate, what types of structures they're using, and what brokers need to know when...