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FCA outlines authorisation commitments

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued commitments to firms during the authorisation process. Between...

Brokers being hit by delays post-MCD

Bridging lender MTF’s latest Broker Sentiment Survey has revealed that delays to mortgage applications...

TSB cuts rates in buy-to-let range

TSB is reducing rates across a range of buy-to-let mortgages for property buyers and...

FCA: widespread poor practice in GI AR oversight

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has found significant shortcomings in the control and oversight...

Pre-referendum remortgaging activity at eight-year high

The percentage of remortgagors opting for a broker or adviser to guide them through...

HSBC expands intermediary distribution

HSBC has expanded the availability of its mortgages through four additional brokers. The quartet are...

New 2.89% 10-year fix unveiled

The Yorkshire Building Society has launched a 10-year fixed rate mortgage. Available up to 75%...

Hometrack: city level house price growth plateauing

Hometrack has predicted that sales volumes are likely to slow with price growth moderating...

The Nationwide unveils new maximum borrowing age

The Nationwide Building Society has launched its new maximum age for borrowing of 85, available for...

New BDM for bridging firm

Bridging Finance Solutions has expanded its business development team with the appointment of Sue Barron. Barron...

Treasury Committee greenlights Bailey’s FCA appointment

The Treasury Committee has published its report ‘Appointment of Andrew Bailey as Chief Executive of the...

Younger generation worry about family finances

33% of eight to 15 year olds now saying that they worry about money,...

Together finalises leadership team

Together has made two further appointments to its leadership team, concluding a spate of...

June sees 5% rise in residential property transactions

HMRC has reported that UK property transactions in June 2016 numbered 94,550 residential and...
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COMMENT

Comment

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Searching for sunny uplands

There is a growing sense, shared quietly in boardrooms and rather less quietly over kitchen tables, that the UK has lost a degree of...

How advisers can find and secure powerful introducers to grow their business – Pt2

I hope you found my earlier article useful and enlightening and if so, please read on, as in this piece I complete the steps...

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Lloyds data glitch exposed details of up to 447,936 banking customers, MPs told

Up to 447,936 customers of Lloyds Banking Group were affected by a data breach...
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Chancellor presses lenders to expand support for borrowers ahead of rate resets

The government has secured fresh commitments from major lenders to step up engagement with...
Building Societies

Suffolk BS tops £800m in mortgage assets after strong 2025 growth

Suffolk Building Society has passed £800m of mortgage assets for the first time after...
criteria

UTB eases mortgage and second charge processes with criteria changes

United Trust Bank (UTB) has introduced a series of service and criteria changes across...

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