How difficult should it be to find a firm to install some fencing? Compared with buying and selling houses, it should be a breeze, shouldn’t…
Just when you thought things couldn’t get much worse, they did. The news that Bear Stearns had hit the wall and was sold for little…
Payment protection insurance (PPI) – and secured loans for that matter – have often been seen as the poor relations of the general insurance and…
The cost of living in the UK is increasing. Although the rate of inflation is still low, the prices of some groceries are going up…
Eddie answers: Don’t panic. It’s good news that you’ve recognised the merits of adding HIPs to the range of services you offer. If your client…
As of 6 April 2008, advisers who want to be considered ‘whole of market’ will need to have passed both the lifetime mortgage exams and…
A childhood poem serves me well even today: ‘A wise old owl stood on an oak. The more he saw, the less he spoke. The…
‘Popular’ consultation and discussion papers from the Financial Services Authority (FSA) (in the eyes of a policy analyst at least) tend to develop ‘popular’ titles…
The last decade has seen one of the most sustained periods of house price growth in our history. The fact that this boom has coincided…
It seems a lifetime ago that television smash hit Batman graced our screens. Lifting phrases such as ‘Kapow!’ directly from the comic strip, and adding…