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AFB calls for regulators to sort out funding crisis

The Association of Finance Brokers (AFB) has called for regulators to help reopen the...

OFT to look at high cost credit

The Office of Fair Trading has launched a review into the supply of high...

Regulator fines insurance director over AR failings

The FSA has fined Richard Holmes, a director of insurance broker AIF Limited, £20,020...

HML supports FSA position over arrears and repossessions

HML has endorsed the FSA's approach in its recent thematic review of arrears management...

Promise placed on Pink panel

Pink Home Loans has added Promise Solutions to its secured loan panel. Neil Hoare, sales...

Will writing service well received by Brilliant members

Brilliant Mortgages, the Exclusive Connections mortgage club, has just completed a series of roadshows. The...

Bridging lender added to Paradigm panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added West One Loans to its bridging lending panel. Members of...

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Four firms wound up following Insolvency Service investigation

Four companies providing estate agency, sales, lettings and mortgage advice have been wound up...

Hodge Lifetime offers free surveys

Falling house prices are causing increased popularity in home reversions, according to Hodge Lifetime. The...

Crown takes over commercial portfolio servicing

Crown Mortgage Management has been called under standby to service a £1 billion securitized...

First direct unveils BBR plus 2.48% tracker

First direct has launched what it claims is a market leading offset tracker mortgage. It...

Massive shake-up at Cattles

Following the completion of an independent forensic review, Cattles has sacked five key executives. On...

Welcome Car Finance to shut

Cattles is to close its direct distribution car retailer, Welcome Car Finance. The board told...

COMMENT

Cashback should put conveyancing into the advice conversation

One of the more interesting findings from our latest quarterly statistics was the position of Nationwide Building Society, which accounted for 25% of all...

Why ownership structure matters in buy-to-let

It's a scenario brokers encounter every day. Two landlord clients approach them about the same type of buy-to-let property, with similar levels of equity...

You own the shares, but are you really just the custodian?

I've built three businesses and I've said the same thing most entrepreneurs have probably said to their mates and family at some point: "Give...

The FCA protection market study shouldn’t ignore redundancy

Considering a third of employers are likely to implement staff redundancies by January 2027, according to Acas, redundancy cover shouldn’t be ignored in wider...

If AI gives us more time to think, we must learn how to think well

The great promise of AI in financial services is usually expressed in terms of what it can remove. Less administration, less duplication, fewer manual...

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Brokers warned of AI fraud threat as lender detects suspicious activity

Mortgage brokers have been warned that the growing use of artificial intelligence could expose...

Mortgage brokers warn DIPs are giving borrowers false confidence

Mortgage brokers have warned that decisions in principle (DIPs) are giving some borrowers false...

Bellway backs Your First Home as mortgage costs hit demand

Bellway has backed the government's proposed Your First Home scheme as the housebuilder warned...

SPF eyes broader proposition as it transitions to Howden Private Clients

SPF Private Clients is preparing to broaden its proposition beyond mortgages and protection as...

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