Regulation

New chairs appointed for FCA panels

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed Helen Charlton as the chair of the...

Tenet Compliance Services partners with Legal & General Mortgage Club

Tenet Compliance Services (TCS) has teamed with Legal & General Mortgage Club to bolster...

FCA to accelerate removal of firms that don’t use permissions

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to use new powers to more swiftly cancel...

SmartSearch appoints chief operating officer

Anti-money laundering (AML) firm SmartSearch has appointed Collette Allen as chief operating officer. Allen joined...

FCA refuses authorisation for regulatory consultancy firm

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has refused to authorise Alexander Jon Compliance Consulting Limited...

Five banned and fined for pension losses

The FCA has banned five directors of financial advice firms from working in financial...

FCA warns businesses over misleading credit ads

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is warning lenders and brokers to stop using misleading...

AMI infuriated by FCA ‘arrogance’ over fees

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has accused the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) of being more...

New client vulnerability rating tool launches to brokers

MorganAsh has launched a consumer vulnerability assessment tool, providing an objective ‘resilience rating’ similar...

FCA sees weaknesses in some challenger banks’ financial crime controls

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has found that challenger banks need to improve how they...

Ban on ground rent for new leases to come into force in June

Future homebuyers will see their prospective property bills reduce in just over two months,...

HL Partnership bolsters compliance team

Mortgage and protection network, HL Partnership, has announced the appointment of Joanne Osborne to...

TMA hires four specialist area supervision managers

TMA has announced the appointment of Alison Stidolph, Paul Walton, Roger Holmes and Sara...

National lettings agency adopts SmartSearch verification  

National property sales and lettings company DAPS UK has agreed a partnership with anti-money...
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Income protection: the unsung hero of the cost-of-living crisis

Higher mortgage rates, rising energy costs, and continued inflation have put pressure on many household budgets. Advisers spend time helping customers find the right rate,...

Why rigid credit scoring is locking too many people out of homeownership

Some people don’t fit the mould. That’s always been true in mortgage lending. But the tools used by most lenders to assess borrowers, particularly...

What a bigger market means for brokers

The latest Interpath and BDLA UK Bridging Market Survey confirms what many brokers are already experiencing on the ground, that bridging has hit the...

How social media can bridge the protection disconnect

The latest AMI Protection Viewpoint provided a compelling snapshot of the challenges and opportunities facing the protection market. The research highlights a worrying pattern that...

Opening doors for credit-worthy but overlooked clients

It doesn’t take much these days for a borrower to feel they’ve fallen out of favour with the system. A missed payment here, a...

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banks

HSBC to cut residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates

HSBC UK is reducing rates across a wide range of residential and buy-to-let mortgage...
Buy-to-let

Zephyr Homeloans cuts rates across core buy-to-let offering

Specialist buy-to-let mortgage provider Zephyr Homeloans has unveiled fresh rate reductions across its standard...
Development finance

Roma Finance supports £3.35m Colchester industrial scheme

Roma Finance has provided £3.35 million to fund phase one of a 23-unit industrial...
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L&G strengthens lender relationships with new strategic appointment

Legal & General’s Mortgage Services business has appointed Vicky Windsor as strategic relationship manager...

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