Financial Advisers, How Can Mere Mortals Combat Robo Advice?
Well, I like to think I’m pretty much ahead of the pack in terms of keeping up with technology, although I will admit that “thinking” and “being” ahead of the pack are very different things. I’ve even...
View ArticleBob Geldof Kicked Off The Stage at The Intrinsic Conference (I don’t like...
So Sir Bob Geldof got kicked off the stage at the Intrinsic annual conference. Can’t say I’m totally surprised since he’s always been a bit of a loose cannon and occasionally seems to have more...
View ArticleMoves to Include Rental Record in UK Mortgage Affordability Calculation
At last, in what would be a glimmer of sanity and a massive help for first time buyers, the government are considering allowing FTB’s to use records of rental payments as one element of proof of...
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Real Life Marketing Ideas For Mortgage Brokers
Having just read a small article in one of the industry magazines with a number of marketing tips which some of which certainly have some merit but seem to be aimed maybe at some other industry or...
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Will I be Accepted as an Appointed Representative by a Mortgage Network?
What are networks looking for in a broker? In spite of what some people think of their chances of being accepted by a network as an AR this isn’t really just a roll of the dice so I thought it might...
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Mortgage Broker Mobile Office, Myth or Magic?
A landline and a landline number are not necessarily the same thing. There are now a number of telephone services around now that can provide you with a landline number which will automatically...
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Mortgage Network Growth in Recruitment Figures For The Third Quarter of 2017
Massive apologies for the lateness of the network recruitment tables this quarter but although some people say that a change is as good as a rest this definitely doesn’t apply to changing offices and...
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Mortgage Network Recruitment Comparison For The Whole of 2017
Right then, so 2017 is another year showing cautious growth, maybe more surprising when you consider how much of a mess the government seems to have made of Brexit so far, but at least it does show...
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65 Check Points To Help You Make The Best of Your Mortgage Business
You might think some of these points are so obvious that they don’t need making but if 20 years experience in financial services has taught me anything it’s that nobody remembers everything, all of...
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Which Network Mortgage Network Recruitment Performance Figures For The 1st...
The following article and associated table by Which Network is based on the FCA register for the first quarter of 2018. Although deadly accurate at the time of writing, it is written with the usual...
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Mortgage Network Recruitment For The 2nd Qtr of 2018
Which Network - Mortgage Network Recruitment For The 2nd Qtr of 2018 So we're into the second quarter of 2018 now with the country in deep trouble from Brexit if you listen to some commentators or just...
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Reasons Why Some New Mortgage Businesses Fail (and how not to be one of them!)
In the US 80% of small businesses fail within the first 18 months. The UK’s figures aren’t quite so bad, with 20% failing in the first year and 30% in the second year. This is possibly due to less...
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Why Being Charitable Works For Small Businesses
Often when we think of businesses giving to charity we think of big business, like Jeff Bezos the founder of Amazon who gave away $2 billion last year or Microsoft and the Bill Gates Foundation giving...
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Mortgage Network Recruitment Figures For The Third Quarter of 2019
So first of all, let me apologise for the delay in publishing this quarters figures, nevertheless they may be late but they’re here now. As you can see, the table shows a modest growth of 38 (0.71%)...
View ArticleFinancial Advisers, How Can Mere Mortals Combat Robo Advice?
Well, I like to think I’m pretty much ahead of the pack in terms of keeping up with technology, although I will admit that “thinking” and “being” ahead of the pack are very different things. I’ve even...
View ArticleBob Geldof Kicked Off The Stage at The Intrinsic Conference (I don’t like...
So Sir Bob Geldof got kicked off the stage at the Intrinsic annual conference. Can’t say I’m totally surprised since he’s always been a bit of a loose cannon and occasionally seems to have more...
View ArticleMoves to Include Rental Record in UK Mortgage Affordability Calculation
At last, in what would be a glimmer of sanity and a massive help for first time buyers, the government are considering allowing FTB’s to use records of rental payments as one element of proof of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Real Life Marketing Ideas For Mortgage Brokers
Having just read a small article in one of the industry magazines with a number of marketing tips which some of which certainly have some merit but seem to be aimed maybe at some other industry or...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Will I be Accepted as an Appointed Representative by a Mortgage Network?
What are networks looking for in a broker? In spite of what some people think of their chances of being accepted by a network as an AR this isn’t really just a roll of the dice so I thought it might...
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Mortgage Broker Mobile Office, Myth or Magic?
A landline and a landline number are not necessarily the same thing. There are now a number of telephone services around now that can provide you with a landline number which will automatically...
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