New build houses

Building alone is not the answer

17 November, 2007

It feels like I ‘ve been reading about the government’s plans to build 270,000 new properties a year forever, but I’m still struggling to understand how its theory that building houses alone is going to help first-time buyers.

Cow

The TCF farm yard

10 November, 2007

If you took the wealth of the UK and divided it evenly among its £50 million-odd population, I think it’s true to say that 90 per cent or more people would be better off.

Nutcracker

3 November, 2007

Many people know that I have been writing letters to the local newspapers and property related publications for a very long time about a number of issues.

Gun

29 October, 2007

Following the recent sad demise of the mortgage market, I believe it is time that lenders took an interest in the war on distribution.

Screwed up lottery ticket

20 October, 2007

It’s hard to deny that the Financial Services Authority (FSA) does a good job of exposing irresponsible, negligent and fraudulent practices.


Letters

Will the credit crunch really affect the wealthy?

July 2008

At the moment it seems like everywhere you turn you will read something or hear something about the downturn of the economic climate whether this relates to the 'credit crunch', the property market decline or talk of a forthcoming recession,...


Systems and enforcement

July 2008

A month ago I needed to produce a combined IDD to cover Equity Release and General Insurance products, and initially I could not find a template in the usual places in the FSA website (Library/forms/Handbook forms and Templates/Mortgages:...