Regulation

HMRC issues anti-laundering guidance to estate agents

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has published new guidance to help estate agency businesses...

The Saffron outlines MMR approach

Saffron Building Society claims it will be ready to implement the changes required by...

Blemain backs regulation workshop

Blemain Finance is urging secured loan brokers to attend an event aimed at bringing...

Smee calls for regulator to exercise patience

Paul Smee, the director general of the council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), has urged...

Leeds: we’re MMR-ready from 14 April

Leeds Building Society says it will be compliant with the new regulations under the...

Crown gets FCA permissions

Crown Mortgage Management has been granted permission to offer advice from the FCA. Completing...

FCA to look at time limit for complaints

In its 2014/15 business plan published this morning, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ...

More 2 Life offers MMR webinars

Equity release lender More 2 Life is holding a series of webinars ahead of...

Advisers optimistic about MMR

91% of mortgage advisers feel they are either prepared or very prepared for the...

£12.4m FCA fine for Santander UK

Santander UK Plc has been fined £12,377,800 by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) after...

Precise outlines MMR status

Precise Mortgages has published a statement of its Mortgage Market Review (MMR) readiness. The specialist...

MMR: just one month to go

There is now just one month to go until the Mortgage Market Review (MMR)...

The Leeds doesn’t expect MMR impact

The Leeds Building Society expects minimal impact to intermediaries as it prepares for...

Interim permissions vital, says packager

Secured loan packager V Loans has warned brokers that even though they might have...

COMMENT

Buy-to-let has matured as a market

Buy-to-let turned 30 last week, and it's a good moment for some much-needed positivity around this market. Whatever the narrative around buy-to-let has been at...

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

Latest news

Eleos launches income protection with redundancy cover

Eleos Life has launched an income protection policy covering redundancy alongside illness and injury...

Trade bodies welcome first-time buyer scheme but call for careful design

Mortgage trade bodies have welcomed the government's proposed Your First Home scheme, while warning...

Advice firm wins first client through ChatGPT after AI visibility push

A financial advice firm secured its first client through ChatGPT within two weeks of...

Alps expands landlord insurance add-ons on Acturis

Alps has made its full range of let property insurance add-ons available through the...

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