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Green rent cap plan could squeeze buy-to-let affordability

Green Party proposals to restrict private rent increases for three years could make it harder for buy-to-let borrowers to meet lender affordability criteria, brokers have warned. Speaking at the party conference in Brighton earlier today leader Zack Polanski proposed an “emergency brake” that would limit...
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Firms’ confidence in FCA rises as satisfaction hits 79%

Confidence in the Financial Conduct Authority has increased, with almost eight in 10 regulated firms now highly satisfied with their relationship with the regulator. The latest FCA and Practitioner Panel annual survey found 79% of firms reported high levels of satisfaction, up from 74% last...

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N&P targets first-time buyers with 90% deals

Norwich and Peterborough Building Society (N&P) has added two new 90% LTV products to...
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Platform broadens tracker distribution

Platform has widened the distribution of two of its tracker mortgages to its key...
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Two new associate members for AIFA

M&G Investments and RBS Global Banking & Markets have become the latest associate members...
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Sesame Bankhall gains CII kitemark

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has given accreditation to Sesame Bankhall Group's adviser learning...
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Phoebus slams MPC’s lack of mortgage knowledge

Phoebus Software has claimed that the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is...
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Crown lead sponsor for CML conference

Crown Mortgage Management will be the "gold sponsor"" of the CML Mortgage Industry Conference...
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Norton Broker Services grows lender team

Norton Broker Services has expanded its secured and unsecured lender team. It says this is...
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Jump Money continues expansion

Leeds-based advisory firm Jump Money has reported improved performance for 2010 with turnover rising...
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PPI dominates FOS caseload

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) handled 1,012,371 initial enquiries and complaints from consumers during...
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31% won’t buy property

The average age that Britons expect to be able to buy their first property...
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Lack of job security worse among older people

29% of people feel their job is not secure over the year, according to...
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Lenders back military covenant housing call

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) says it supports plans to improve access to...
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Buy-to-let

Green rent cap plan could squeeze buy-to-let affordability

Green Party proposals to restrict private rent increases for three years could make it...
Regulation

Firms’ confidence in FCA rises as satisfaction hits 79%

Confidence in the Financial Conduct Authority has increased, with almost eight in 10 regulated...
Surveyors

Westmarq challenges surveying ‘duopoly’ as it targets lender business

Westmarq has challenged mortgage lenders to move more of their valuation business away from...
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Why advisers can be part of the conveyancing team

There is a tendency to think the mortgage adviser’s involvement in conveyancing begins with...