Gemma Harle's Blog
The fall out of payment protection insurance continues to give the business of protection a bad name.
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These expose unwitting principals of brokerages to significant claw-back risks.
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Because cash-flows have been eroded by the credit crunch it is not unfeasible that some principals have taken the indemnity payments in order to meet other business demands.
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There are many reasons to be gloomy about the economy but buy-to-let is not one of them.
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Amongst the criticisms so often levelled at advisers, it is often forgotten how much good intermediaries do.
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Go back two or three years and the principal problem facing mortgage lending was the dysfunctional wholesale funding markets.
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Kate Middleton and Prince William have much to be thankful for - not least the country’s best wishes - but one thing is for sure: they will not be undergoing the trauma of regular first-time buyers.
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Last month’s Budget was always going to be something of a damp squib for professionals in the mortgage industry.
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Gemma Harle is managing director of TenetLime
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I am writing this from the Seychelles (well almost) thanks to a windfall.
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The New Year has heralded the entry of the Prime Minister into the lending fray. His voice is a welcome addition to the growing cry that the "risk" pendulum has swung too far the other way.
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It’s that time of year when traditionally we ask where house prices and interest rates are going.
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Banks are researching how much exposure they have to interest only lending - no small task when you consider the volumes written since its inception.
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The news that equity release enjoyed some growth last quarter is good news for the broking community.
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Ed Miliband’s recent leadership victory prompted me to reflect how we are missing intermediary champions at the moment.
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But many in the mortgage broking community are still unaware of what they should be doing in order to prepare for the new world.
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