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FCA refuses to publish RBS business customer report

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has turned down the Treasury Committee's request to publish...

Borrowers need to understand rate rise impact

Freedom Finance has calculated that a future interest rate rise could add more than £750...

Gross bridging lending continues to recover post-referendum

West One’s latest Bridging Index has stated that gross annualized lending increased to £4.3bn in June,...

The Northview Group appoints chief risk officer

The Northview Group has recruited Feike Brouwers to the role of chief risk officer.  Brouwers has...

London moving costs nearly three times national average

Lloyds Bank has revealed that the average cost of moving home in the UK...

L&G Mortgage Club announces October conference speakers

Legal & General Mortgage Club has published a list of additional speakers for its...

MPC maintains Bank Rate once again

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted by a majority of...

FSE 2017: TMA unveils BTL insurance provision

TMA launched a buy-to-let insurance provision at the Financial Services Expo yesterday. This follows...

FSE 2017: buy-to-let market remains resilient

Buy-to-let gross mortgage lending figures for 2016 are unlikely to be beaten for some...

FSE 2017: mooted interest-only changes welcomed

The Financial Services Expo (FSE) London exhibition yesterday saw later life lending experts welcome...

FSE 2017: PRA changes – car crash or log jam?

David Whittaker of Mortgages for Business warned the audience at a Financial Services Expo...

FSE 2017: end of individual approved persons?

Advisers have voiced concern to the regulator that its new ‘Accountability 2’ senior manager...

FSE 2017: ignore AI at your peril

Speaking at Financial Services Expo (FSE) London yesterday, James Tucker, managing director at Twenty7Tec,...

L&G attains CII accreditation for GI masterclasses

Legal & General has secured accreditation from the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) for its...
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Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

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