Regulation

MMR: Equity Release Council welcomes announcement

The Mortgage Market Review (MMR) has received the support of the Equity Release Council. "The...

MMR: won’t reinvigorate housing market, says IMLA

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), has given approval to certain elements in...

MMR: ‘common sense approach’

An industry compliance veteran has given his qualified support to the FSA's final rules...

MMR: AMI gives cautious support

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has claimed that lobbying work by trade bodies...

MMR: FSA publishes final rules

The FSA has published the final rules stemming from its Mortgage Market Review (MMR). They...

MMR: no interest-only ban

The FSA is not to ban interest-only mortgages, having published its final rules of...

FSA cracks down on prohibited persons

The FSA has targeted those believed to be conducting unauthorised business and in particular...

OFT consults on suspending credit licences

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is consulting on how it proposes to use...

Multi-million pound fine for Bank of Scotland

The FSA has fined Bank of Scotland (BOS) £4.2 million for failures in their...

Government approves LIBOR review recommendations

The government has accepted the recommendations of Martin Wheatley's independent review of LIBOR in...

Perspective ready for RDR

Perspective Financial Group has completed its latest adviser conference and said it is prepared...

IMLA backs FCA’s draft Conduct Approach

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has welcomed the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) new...

‘Journey to the FCA’ roadmap published

The FSA has published the Journey to the FCA, a paper that sets out...

Openwork unveils adviser support programme

Openwork is introducing a number of initiatives designed to support mortgage advisers as they...
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COMMENT

Comment

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

Latest news

News

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...
Technology

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...
Building Societies

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...
Cover

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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