The BSA and a new lending landscape
As part of the Behavioural Economics Forum's series on innovation in the mortgage industry, we invited the Head of Mortgage Policy at the Building Societies Association, Paul Broadhead to comment on progress in supporting both self-build and modern methods of construction (MMC). Paul joined a panel with the Chief Risk Officer of the Cambridge Building Society, Victoria Stubbs, and Professor Nick Whitehouse of Oxford Brookes University representing Buildoffsite. You can watch
Diversity the key to MBA 2018 fortunes?
Durham University Business School has been awarded a further five-year accreditation for its Full-time, Online and Executive MBA programmes by the Association of MBAs (AMBA) and says it plans for 'continued diversity and business connectivity'. So the question has to be asked about how the would-be MBA students of the future will choose their course amid a dizzying array of options on offer? Online MBAs have been increasing in value for students that cannot afford the full bu
Cambridge Building Society on construction risk
Chief Risk Officer of the Cambridge Building Society, Victoria Stubbs, joined our filmed panel discussion at One Angel Court, City of London, on modernising mortgage lending to match new types of construction, and changing perceptions. She also commented on how the role of the CRO in financial institutions has evolved since the 2007 crash. Please watch Victoria discussing this above. Paul Broadhead, Head of Mortgage Policy at the Building Societies Association, had earlier co
The economics of help to buy
The mortgage adviser, John Charcol, has been contributing to our series on housing and help to buy in the UK. The scheme, brought in by the government in April 2013, has been seen as highly successful for house-builders and creating more homes. However questions remain as to whether the 20% to 40% equity loans are reaching enough people who want to step onto the housing ladder for the first time. Up to end of 2017 a total of just under 159,000 properties had been bought under
New mortgages help housing crisis
Later life lending specialist, Hodge Lifetime (Steve Cox), has been contributing to our latest interest-only mortgage discussions, alongside broker John Charcol and a property investment research academic from Nottingham Trent University (Dr Alla Koblyakova). At our mortgage event in 2014, broadcaster and Money Box presenter Paul Lewis was joined by Daniel Read of Warwick Business School, senior directors from Lloyds Banking Group and LV= and mortgage commentator and technica