Compliance

New guidance to help home buyers avoid conditional selling

The Property Ombudsman has published new guidance to help home buyers recognise and avoid...

Equity Release Council restructures as remit widens across later life lending

The Equity Release Council has announced a senior management restructure following a decision by...

Louisa Sedgwick on Paragon and the future of buy-to-let

Three decades into a career she never really planned, Louisa Sedgwick sits at the...

Air steps up adviser education with later life lending webinar programme

Later life lending platform Air has launched a new webinar campaign aimed at broadening...

Just one e-signature used despite Land Registry push

The Land Registry recorded the use of just one e-signature in the three months...

FCA secures £265,523 confiscation order against peer-to-peer fraudster

The Financial Conduct Authority has obtained a confiscation order worth more than £265,000 against...

SmartSearch completes acquisition of Credas Technologies

Ilkley-based compliance technology firm SmartSearch has completed its acquisition of Credas Technologies, strengthening its...

HSBC UK sets out mortgage fraud prevention webinar programme

HSBC UK has announced a new series of CPD-approved mortgage fraud prevention webinars for...

Nationwide slapped with £44m fine over prolonged financial crime control failures

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Nationwide Building Society £44m after finding widespread...

New vulnerability guidance raises the bar for firms’ systems and oversight

Financial services firms are being urged to overhaul their IT systems after new industry...

Thirdfort adopts iProov identity checks in move to cut property fraud risk

Thirdfort has deployed iProov Dynamic Liveness across its compliance platform to combat identity fraud...

Click2Check joins OPDA as drive for open property data gathers pace

Click2Check, a credit, anti-money-laundering and Open Banking provider used by financial advisers, mortgage intermediaries,...

SmartSearch deepens Twenty7tec partnership with expanded ID verification tools

SmartSearch, the digital compliance and anti-money-laundering provider, is increasing the reach of its technology...

Momenti Group unveils free strategy playbook

Momenti Group has launched a free marketing strategy guide aimed at helping mortgage brokers...
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COMMENT

Commonhold and Leasehold Reform

With great power comes great responsibility

There has been a huge amount in the press about the “feudal” system of leasehold and how the government’s revitalised commonhold will fix all...

Don’t rein me in

For many years, major financial institutions and large retailers have understood the benefits of presenting their customers with complementary products alongside their core offering. Banks...

More questions now surround the home moving digital journey

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published its highly anticipated Home Buying and Selling Reform Roadmap, representing the most aggressive...

Stability has value: why the latest Bank Base Rate hold matters

The Bank of England's decision to maintain Bank Base Rate (BBR) at 3.75% may not have generated the excitement that often accompanies a rate...

If you motivate an idiot you just get stupid things done quicker

There's a lot of excitement about artificial intelligence in the mortgage industry right now. Nearly nine in 10 mortgage brokers want technology to play...

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News

Mortgage approvals fall to lowest level since December 2023

Mortgage approvals for house purchases fell to 56,200 in May, down from 66,000 in...
Self-build

Veron BS cuts self-build rates by 0.15%

Vernon Building Society has reduced rates across its entire self-build mortgage range by 0.15%. The...
Appointments

LHV Bank appoints Harper Macleod as Scottish legal adviser

LHV Bank has appointed Scottish law firm Harper Macleod as its primary Scottish legal...
Buy-to-let

The Mortgage Works cuts switcher rates for existing landlords

The Mortgage Works has reduced rates across selected buy-to-let and limited company buy-to-let switcher...

PROFILES