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More haste, less speed

Thu 7 Sep 2017

When I first started working in the industry, the standard time between exchange and completion was 28 days, basically a month. Every piece of communication was conducted by letter, typed…

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Please join the dots Minister

Tue 5 Sep 2017

As the Parliament prepares to get back into full swing, there are a couple of areas of consideration for Housing Minister Alok Sharma. The most talked about topics in the…

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I would bike 500 miles…

Thu 31 Aug 2017

And I would bike 500 more. Or at least that’s the plan! From Sunday 3rd September, I’ll be taking on one of Britain’s toughest challenges and cycling from Land’s End to John O’Groats in 12 days – all in the name of charity. Over the years, I’ve been known at My Home Move for my (sometimes crazy) fundraising challenges.

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Confidence…

Wed 23 Aug 2017

Ten years’ ago I wasn’t working for My Home Move, in fact I was half way through my tenure as CEO for a business loans provider located in Manchester.  It was 2007 and life was good, and then it wasn’t. It didn’t matter which business you were in or where in the country you lived, 2007 and life was, and then it wasn’t.

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But you can’t eat a remortgage…

Thu 17 Aug 2017

I was watching Saturday Kitchen at the weekend (one of my usual rituals) and Rick Stein on his great city breaks in Bordeaux triggered a thought in my weird way!…

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Don’t live to work…

Tue 8 Aug 2017

There is a common theme to date in my blogs, which is the close link between sport and business. There are clear common traits, in my opinion, and one of…

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What I wish my mother told me….

Mon 7 Aug 2017

Not too long ago I was talking to a colleague about first-time buyers and she mentioned that technically she has been a first-time buyer, twice. Back in 2007 she had…

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Why it’s always sunny in Wales

Thu 3 Aug 2017

I may well be the luckiest holiday maker in Great Britain. When I go to Wales on Holiday, I always come back with a tan, because it’s always sunny… At…

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Time to confess

Mon 31 Jul 2017

Ok – confession time. A while back, my friend and I decided to buy a bungalow. It was a lovely little property, with plenty of room to improve it. Like…

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