Regulation

Housing crisis deepens as supply falls and affordability worsens

The UK housing crisis is worsening, with affordability pressures mounting and housing supply stalling,...

FCA shuts 1,600 websites as crackdown on financial crime intensifies

The Financial Conduct Authority removed or blocked more than 1,600 websites in 2024 as...

SmartSearch and Plannr join forces to streamline AML compliance

SmartSearch has announced a strategic partnership with Plannr in a move set to simplify...

Simplybiz launches national support programme for FCA data request

Simplybiz has launched a national support programme to assist financial advisers with the latest...

Housebuilders agree £100m affordable housing payment following CMA probe

Seven of the UK’s largest housebuilders have agreed to pay a combined £100 million...

Affordability reforms, housing ambition and the uncomfortable PRS truth

Let’s be clear: the FCA’s recent Discussion Paper (DP25/2) isn’t necessarily about buy-to-let lending....

Regulators raise LTI exemption threshold to ease burden on smaller mortgage lenders

The Prudential Regulation Authority and the Financial Conduct Authority have confirmed that they will...

FCA fines Monzo £21m over serious anti-financial crime failings

Monzo Bank has been fined £21,091,300 by the Financial Conduct Authority for systemic failings...

TSB’s mortgages arm could survive Santander takeover as boss hints at brand’s future

TSB’s mortgage business may survive under its own name following Santander’s £2.9 billion acquisition...

Stonebridge strengthens compliance team with new senior appointment

Mortgage and protection network Stonebridge has named Joanna Purdy as its new national compliance...

Guernsey sets out new equity release rules ahead of 2026 market launch

The Guernsey Financial Services Commission has unveiled a new regulatory framework for equity release...

Court of Appeal rules mortgage capital demands fall outside ‘arrears’ protections

A landmark Court of Appeal judgment has clarified the scope of protections available under...

FCA announces “once-in-a-generation” advice reforms to tackle UK’s financial guidance gap

Millions more consumers could benefit from help with their pensions and investments under sweeping...

IMLA: 3.5 million still locked out of market

The number of would-be homeowners in the UK still waiting to enter the property...
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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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