Regulation

Air sets out Consumer Duty blueprint for later life lending advice

Air has published a new report designed to help advisers evidence later life lending...

TMA links with eco-Landlord to help brokers navigate EPC overhaul

TMA has formed a partnership with eco-Landlord to support brokers and their landlord clients...

Acre rolls out AI tools to automate compliance and broker workflow

Acre has introduced two AI-powered features aimed at reducing manual admin and strengthening compliance...

Landlord possession claims fall in 2025 despite looming Renters’ Rights Act

Landlord repossessions declined last year even as the sector prepared for the abolition of...

Mortgage Magic integrates remote ID checks into broker workflow

Mortgage Magic has announced the full integration of electronic ID verification into its broker...

FCA register saw 3,331 new firms in H2 as overall numbers edge lower

More than 9,000 individuals joined the FCA Register in the second half of 2025,...

Financial firms warned over gaps in tackling domestic and economic abuse

Financial services firms are failing to ask the right questions about domestic and economic...

FCA signals lighter touch as Rathi warns of ‘modest distress’ from mortgage easing

The chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed a decisive shift...

The conveyancing power of sales-ready packs

Conveyancing is stressful – and I'm not just talking about the poor customer experience....

FCA moves to simplify UK securitisation regime in joint reform with PRA

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Consultation Paper CP26/6, setting out proposed changes...

Just Mortgages restructures compliance oversight with dedicated supervision team

Just Mortgages has launched a new quality and compliance supervision team as part of...

Buy-to-let growth matches first-time buyers as demand holds

Buy-to-let lending is expanding at the same pace as first-time buyers and home movers,...

Sellers willing to pay £300 to secure property sales

Nine in 10 homeowners would be prepared to pay around £300 upfront to help...

Law Society urges court funding boost before Section 21 ban

The Law Society of England and Wales has called on the Government to increase...

COMMENT

The new Chancellor wants to remove barriers to growth; he should start with housing

There was probably a degree of unintended irony in the Treasury choosing to call the Chancellor, John Healey’s, first major market ‘intervention’ his ‘Growth...

Brokers are losing the attention battle 1,000 to 3

Take a client you placed on a 5-year fix last year. Over the life of that deal, their bank is now planning to contact...

Triple lock or no triple lock? That is not the question

The debate over the State Pension triple lock has returned. But perhaps the more important question is what the debate tells us about the...

Your clients have already asked AI

The FCA published research on 27 August showing that 56% of 18- to 40-year-olds who hold or are considering investments say they trust AI...

The technology that matters doesn’t make the decision

We have a tendency when talking about mortgage technology to start with what it can automate. How many documents can it process, how quickly can...

Latest news

Propertymark warns Scottish mansion tax could restrict housing market

Propertymark has warned plans for a Scottish “mansion tax” could make it harder for...

Berkeley calls for stamp duty overhaul to kick-start housing market

Berkeley Group has called on the Government to slash stamp duty for first-time buyers...

Stronger UK growth adds to interest rate uncertainty

Stronger-than-expected UK economic growth has added another complication to the outlook for interest rates...

Tipton expands Credit Plus range with second tier

Tipton & Coseley Building Society has added a second tier to its Credit Plus...

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