Regulation

Swathes of P2P lenders “could be wiped out”

The CEO of Assetz Capital has warned that regulation of the crowdfunding and peer-to-peer...

CML unveils series of online courses

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has launched a series of online courses to help lenders...

Bankhall urges preparedness for Retail Conduct Risk requirements

Bankhall is urging directly authorised (DA) firms to ensure they invest in thorough training...

OpenRent ad deemed misleading

A property website has fallen foul of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). The website www.openrent.co.uk,...

Trio of debt management firms lose licences

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has removed the licences of three debt management...

Two financial advisers banned and fined

Two Surrey-based investments advisers have been fined a total of £885,000 and been banned...

Coogan outlines implications of FCA consumer credit proposals

Michael Coogan, former Council of Mortgage Lenders' director general and now strategic adviser to...

FCA will publicise warning notices

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to now use its new power to...

Branch MMR advice issues “solved by screen sharing”

Vizolution has published the second of a series of white papers looking at the...

HMRC gets tough with UK property tax avoidance

Schemes designed to get around the Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings will have to...

Panacea unveils microsite for mortgage business best practice

Panacea Adviser the online community and resource for directly regulated financial advisers and paraplanners,...

AMI calls for removal of consumer credit duplication

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) says it supports an appointed representative (AR) option...

Brokers urged to ‘know your customer’

A panel of representatives from major intermediary lenders have urged mortgage brokers to focus...

FCA sets out consumer credit regulation framework

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has outlined its vision for the regulation of consumer...
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COMMENT

Stamp Duty

Cutting stamp duty will make the housing crisis worse

Every time the housing market stalls the same thing happens and people call for stimulus, this time: abolish stamp duty. The logic feels intuitive -...

The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

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Appointments

TAB promotes Bonner to chief risk officer

Specialist lender TAB has appointed Jack Bonner as chief risk officer as it continues...
Building Societies

Skipton BS lowers residential rates

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across parts of its residential mortgage range from...
News

AMI refreshes brand to reflect advice, mortgages and insurance focus

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries has launched a brand refresh intended to reflect its...
News

IMLA guide explains why fixed mortgage rates can rise before Bank Rate moves

IMLA has published a report and five-minute guide to help advisers explain how swap...

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