Regulation

Simplybiz expands consultancy with new ongoing services proposition

Simplybiz has widened its business consultancy offer with the launch of a service aimed...

Two in five independent financial advisers expect FCA review to lift demand

Two in five independent financial advisers (IFAs) believe that the Financial Conduct Authority’s Advice...

Could a move to ‘enhanced advice’ also mean mandatory protection conversations?

The FCA’s recent Mortgage Market Discussion Paper (DP25/2) has got the industry talking about...

Experian partners with Sikoia to automate income and employment verification

Experian has joined forces with verification platform Sikoia in a bid to circumvent the...

Landlords desert the market amid growing fears over Renters’ Rights Bill

Small landlords are quitting the private rental sector in increasing numbers, as concerns mount...

TMG Mortgage Network creates new compliance and innovation role

TMG Mortgage Network has appointed Graham Bradley to the newly created role of chief...

The Mortgage Stop joins New Leaf

The Mortgage Stop, a Romsey-based brokerage founded by husband and wife team Rohit and...

SmartSearch enhances watchlist screening with World-Check One integration

SmartSearch, the UK-based provider of digital compliance and anti-money laundering solutions, has integrated the...

Firms urged to digitise customer vulnerability to meet FCA targeted support rules

Firms must act swiftly to digitise their approach to customer vulnerability if they are...

MAB rolls out Comentis tool to bolster support for vulnerable customers

Mortgage Advice Bureau is deploying a new digital assessment tool across its broker network...

FCA appoints Liam Coleman as interim FOS chair

The Financial Conduct Authority has appointed Liam Coleman as interim chair of the Financial...

Why we shouldn’t wait for the FCA to act on later life lending

It might feel odd to be talking about a new year, when we’re barely...

Over 1,000 advisers join Simplybiz session on FCA’s S165 request

More than 1,000 financial advisers attended a live event hosted by Simplybiz earlier this...

Smart Money People relaunches mortgage research for vulnerable customers

Smart Money People has relaunched its vulnerability-focused research into the UK mortgage market, expanding...
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COMMENT

Comment

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Searching for sunny uplands

There is a growing sense, shared quietly in boardrooms and rather less quietly over kitchen tables, that the UK has lost a degree of...

How advisers can find and secure powerful introducers to grow their business – Pt2

I hope you found my earlier article useful and enlightening and if so, please read on, as in this piece I complete the steps...

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Regulation

FCA to join Bristol summit as later life lending sector weighs market study

The Financial Conduct Authority will join advisers, lenders and industry figures in Bristol next...
First-time buyers

Targeted deposit scheme could help one million first-time buyers onto housing ladder

A new government-backed deposit scheme could provide a route onto the housing ladder for...
Buy-to-let

Hodge raises holiday let lending limits with 80% LTV move

Hodge Bank has widened its holiday let criteria, increasing maximum loan-to-value to 80% and...
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Family BS expands fixed rate range across core lending lines

Family Building Society has launched a refreshed range of fixed rate products spanning owner-occupier...

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