Bob Hunt's Blog
The regulator is adamant that advisers have to continually improve themselves
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it is no use having a one-size-fits-all letter or e-mail template.
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relaxing of criteria from post-crisis panic levels is only a good thing
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This time of the year heralds a perfect opportunity to review what you are doing and what you perhaps could be doing. As a distributor I’ve always felt that we are in the business of presenting as many opportunities to our members as possible.
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It’s hard not to look at the current economic situation, particularly the future of the Euro, without coming to the conclusion that we are hurtling towards some sort of end game.
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The Council of Mortgage Lenders’ Mortgage Industry Conference & Exhibition, or MICE for short, certainly caused more than a squeak when it took place recently.
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I have to admit that the world of social media – Twitter, Facebook and the like – certainly until recent times has been something of the great unknown for yours truly.
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The Mortgage Market Review – remember that? – came bounding back into broker and lender consciousness last month when the FSA announced it was putting back the publication of its MMR proposals until the Autumn.
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Recent market and mortgage product developments seem to suggest we are taking very small steps back to a marketplace where all deposit and equity levels can (theoretically) find finance.
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This week’s publication of the minutes from the MPC meeting held earlier this month reveal a continuation of the split that has been apparent for the last couple of months.
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To say that industry comment around the Government’s FirstBuy scheme has been mixed, would be a gross understatement.
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Intermediaries should also be enthused by signs of life in the remortgage marketplace.
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If we want to continue driving forward to deliver a far healthier mortgage market then it is appropriate for all to take their time and ensure we have the right proposals.
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Bob Hunt is Chief Executive of Paradigm Mortgage S...
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The increased level of remortgaging at the tail end of last year has delivered a much more ‘glass half full’ outlook than we could have hoped for just six months ago.
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Watching this year’s series of The Apprentice one can’t fail to have been entertained and appalled in equal measure by the pronouncements of Stuart ‘The Brand’ Baggs.
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Change is a constant, however just now it’s the rate of change and the all-encompassing nature of it that are presenting problems.
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Make no bones about it the mortgage industry works best when it works together.
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November is always a month which seems to figure prominently in the mortgage industry; this is the case for a number of reasons including the fact it is often the month when detailed plans are put in place for next year, it is the last ‘full month’ of the year prior to the interruptions of the holiday season and therefore advisers are looking to maximize business levels, and quite specifically for mortgage stakeholders it is also the month of Mortgage Business Expo – an event which, regardless of the state of the market, does bring the great and the good of the industry together.
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One hopes that as an adviser you are never in a position where you wonder where the next client or piece of business is coming from.
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Within a few days this week we saw a somewhat mixed picture in terms of the mortgage market and the levels of lending currently being achieved.
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The phrase ‘holistic financial advice’ can often seem over-used in today’s media circles and some advisers may be turned off by the thought of another industry commentator ‘harping’ on about it.
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Watching the news last week you couldn’t help but think, ‘You wait over a hundred years for a new high-street bank to come along, and then two turn up at once’.
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In this business with so many varying demands on time it’s often difficult to immerse yourself in the wealth of information and data that is published on a daily basis.
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