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Switching networks: The questions to ask
Stonebridge Group managing director Richard Adams explains the questions every broker should ask when considering changing networks and talks to one adviser about why he moved.
How to grow your business in a flat market
With the market predicted to be flat at best in 2012, where are business opportunities in the next 12 months?
Protection 2012/13: The changes that will affect your business
Protection business in 2012 and 2013 is set to be affected by some fundamental changes to the market. Aviva's director of protection, Richard Verdin, explains why brokers must act now to assess the implications for their business.
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The key buy-to-let opportunities in 2012
David Whittaker, managing director of Mortgages for Business, examines the prospects of the buy-to-let sector in the coming year and what areas brokers should look out for.
What to expect from the FSA's small firms review
It's a call some advisers might be dreading and, for many firms, it could compound the challenges they already face in 2012.
MMR: What it means for brokers and lenders
Rod Hepple-Wilson, partner at risk and regulatory advisers Joseph & Hepple-Wilson, assesses the impact of the Mortgage Market Review CP11/31 proposals on lenders and brokers.
Your quick guide to home reversion, lifetime mortgages and drawdown
If you are not sure what the different equity release plans offer your clients, here is a quick cut-out-and-keep guide highlighting the pros and cons of home reversion, lifetime mortgages and drawdown.
Top five things equity release brokers need to know
Key Retirement Solutions group director Dean Mirfin offers his top five tips to help brokers stay at the top of their game in the equity release sector.
Word to the wise: Why it's time you started blogging
Blogging can be a great way to promote your services. Maria Merricks takes a closer look at the latest trend in generating new business.
Seven things every broker should review to grow their business
The Mortgage Alliance's Phil Whitehouse explains that building your mortgage business is not all about diversifying. Taking the time to go over the basics may uncover simple wins you did not realise were there.
How to use bridging to downsize
Masthaven’s sales and marketing director, Richard Deacon, explains some of the ways that brokers can use bridging that they might not have considered before, such as the case of an elderly couple who needed to downsize quickly.
Low savings rates are a golden opportunity for mortgage brokers
David Finlay, intermediary managing director for Barclays, discusses how offset mortgages offer borrowers more than just tax efficiencies.
How to asset protect your clients
Mortgage broker Toby Clement, a partner at Kingswood Law, started actively promoting will and trusts, aka ‘asset protection', to his clients back in the summer of 2009.
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