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ARE YOU MISSING OUT?
Brightstar / Blogs & articles
9th July 2019
Are you feeling the Brightstar benefit? Working with a specialist distributor, like Brightstar, can…
Be Proud. Have Pride. Love is Love.
Brightstar / Blogs & articles
5th July 2019
Pride celebrations continue across the UK, this weekend in London. London is one of the…
WHAT DOES FREAKONOMICS TELL US ABOUT REFERRING BUSINESS?
Brightstar / Blogs & articles
27th June 2019
Published in 2005, Freakonomics introduced a ground-breaking way of looking at the world through the…
THE BRIGHTSTAR GUIDE TO LENDING ON COMMERCIAL PROPERTY
Brightstar / Blogs & articles
9th January 2019
Commercial finance covers a broad spectrum of areas, including lending on commercial or investment property…
ASK THE EXPERT: TIPS FOR BROKERS FROM A PROPERTY TAX SPECIALIST
Brightstar / Blogs & articles / Buy to Let mortgages
9th January 2019
JL: We spoke to Alex Bari, Tax Partner at Barnes Roffe LLP for to find…
HOW A SPECIALIST DISTRIBUTOR CAN BENEFIT YOUR BUSINESS
Brightstar / Blogs & articles
24th September 2018
Your clients are changing... Their circumstances are becoming more complicated and diverse and less likely…
MORTGAGE FRAUD: INTERMEDIARIES MUST BE ALERT TO ALL PARTS OF THE MORTGAGE CHAIN
Brightstar / Blogs & articles
22nd November 2016
The fight against fraud Figures from Financial Fraud Action UK have reveal that, on average,…
FACE-TO-FACE COMMUNICATION IN A DIGITAL AGE
Brightstar / Blogs & articles
15th November 2016
Specialist advice is key because every case is different and is based on the individual’s…
LAUNCHING INTO THE PRIVATE CLIENT MARKET
Brightstar / Blogs & articles
10th October 2016
Traditionally, the term ‘private client’ would conjure up images of boutique banks, wood panelled board…
THE PLIGHT OF FIRST TIME BUYERS
Brightstar / Blogs & articles
20th September 2016
The very slight softening of house prices seems to be the only good news for…
A BUOYANT SUMMER
Brightstar / Blogs & articles
20th September 2016
There appears to be a dichotomy between some of the headlines about a ‘slump’ and…
THE ONLY FUNCTION OF ECONOMIC FORECASTING IS TO MAKE ASTROLOGY LOOK RESPECTABLE
Brightstar / Blogs & articles
18th July 2016
If we have learnt anything over the past couple of weeks it is once again…
SOURCING SYSTEMS OF THE FUTURE
Brightstar / Blogs & articles
25th June 2016
‘Sourcing system’ seems to be the phrase of the moment in the specialist lending world.…
WHEN SOCIAL MEDIA BECOMES A DRUG
Brightstar / Blogs & articles
22nd May 2016
The mortgage market is currently in three camps where social media is concerned. Those that…
A RETURN TO IRRESPONSIBLE LENDING?
Brightstar / Blogs & articles
14th March 2016
2008 to 2010 is now being coined as 'The Great Recession', but while the mortgage…
BEATING FINANCIAL CRIME
Brightstar / Blogs & articles
12th October 2015
Fraud continues to be the real burning issue of the moment. At the ASTL conference…
SPECIALIST LENDING – DOES IT NEED AN IMAGE CHANGE?
Brightstar / Blogs & articles
11th October 2015
In the past, specialist lending was often perceived in a negative light as it aroused…
MORTGAGE INTRODUCER – THE BIGGER ISSUE
Brightstar / Blogs & articles
4th August 2015
Is generation Y set to struggle to get onto the housing ladder? I think we…
THE FUTURE IS REGULATION
Brightstar / Blogs & articles
19th June 2015
The Mortgage Credit Directive hails a new era of regulation. I believe that it will…
THE GULF BETWEEN PAYPACKETS AND PROPERTY PRICES
Brightstar / Blogs & articles
29th July 2014
I read a very interesting article this week in the New Yorker magazine. I don’t…
INTEREST RATE RISE: IT’S LIKE GLOBAL WARMING
Brightstar / Blogs & articles
23rd June 2014
Well, I can’t help but continue with the World Cup theme from my last blog.…
EQUIS ARTICLE FOR MORTGAGE STRATEGY
Brightstar / Blogs & articles
13th June 2014
The transitional period surrounding the Mortgage Market Review has certainly created some interesting dynamics within…
THE BEAUTY OF THE SPECIALIST SECTOR
Brightstar / Blogs & articles
27th May 2014
Being a typical British Bank Holiday, today has been wet and windy. An extra day…
THE MORTGAGE SUMMIT: FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Brightstar / Blogs & articles
20th May 2014
I attended the Mortgage Summit last week and having not operated in the main-stream mortgage-market…
TAKE THAT TAX AVOIDANCE SCANDAL!
Brightstar / Blogs & articles
13th May 2014
Gary Barlow ‘give back your OBE’ demands Margaret Hodge! We’ve seen some fantastic news headlines…