Regulation

Propertymark calls for urgent stamp duty reform as threshold changes take effect

Propertymark has urged the UK Government to reform stamp duty thresholds to reflect current...

Santander cuts affordability rates following FCA guidance

Santander UK has become the first major lender to reduce its residential mortgage affordability...

Housing promises vs. reality: Will the Government deliver on 1.5 million new homes?

Next year will be 80 years since the New Towns Act (1946) was passed...

Appointed Representatives should share responsibility for regulatory compliance

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has reaffirmed its support for the Appointed Representatives (AR)...

Simplybiz issues members with compliance digitisation tool

Simplybiz has introduced a new compliance digitisation tool, Navigator, available exclusively to its member...

FCA to investigate effectiveness of pure protection market

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is undertaking a market study to look into how...

Lendlord publishes Renters’ Rights Bill 2025 landlord hub

Property management and financial platform Lendlord has unveiled a news hub dedicated to the...

MorganAsh launches customer vulnerability workshops

MorganAsh has announced the launch of a new series of customer vulnerability workshops, aimed...

FCA updates on enforcement transparency

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has provided an update on its enforcement transparency proposals,...

Government unveils planning reforms to speed up housebuilding and infrastructure

Sweeping planning reforms aimed at accelerating housebuilding and infrastructure projects across the country were...

SM Advice launches multilingual social media service to improve financial inclusion

SM Advice has launched a multilingual social media content service to help advisers and...

FCA outlines steps to improve access to mortgages

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has outlined measures to improve access to mortgages, reminding...

Customer vulnerability assessment bias fears “unfounded”

Recent data from MorganAsh indicates that concerns over bias in customer vulnerability assessments are...

“Vast majority” of ongoing suitability reviews being delivered, FCA finds

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has reported that advisers are delivering suitability reviews in...

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...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

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

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

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

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

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

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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