Regulation

Unauthorised mortgage broker and associates ordered to pay £4m

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has secured an order of £4 million against an...

Unauthorised Peckham mortgage broker charged with fraud

Peterson Okoh of Peckham, London SE15, has appeared in Westminster magistrates court for allegedly...

Advise Wise integrates with Canada Life via API

Advise Wise has announced the introduction of its latest API integration with Canada Life. The...

MARS expanded to include customer vulnerability data for households

MorganAsh has added a new enhancement to the MorganAsh Resilience System (MARS) to now...

Preparing for an EPC policy reversal

The new Labour government has begun outlining its commitment to improving the energy efficiency...

Recruiting the FCA way

For advisers looking to expand their business, choosing the right people to join the...

Paradigm Consulting launches new SDR e-book

Paradigm Consulting has announced the launch of a new e-book focused on the new...

CA to host Client and Matter Risk Assessments webinar

The Conveyancing Association (CA) is to hold a webinar for member firms focused on...

CA launches Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act summary guide

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has published an in-depth guide detailing the key sections of...

MBE London and FIBA Summit programmes published

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has issued the programme for this year’s MBE London event. The...

SimplyBiz to hold monitoring focussed event

SimplyBiz has announced more Consumer Duty support for advisers with a second ‘Compliance Clinic’,...

FCA fines HSBC £6.2m for TCF failings

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined HSBC UK Bank plc, HSBC Bank plc...

CA highlights ‘scope creep’ to parliamentary committee

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has stated that increased responsibilities placed upon conveyancers in recent...

Access FS appoints compliance director

Mortgage and protection firm Access Financial Services has appointed Jeremy Lock to the role...

COMMENT

With great power comes great responsibility

There has been a huge amount in the press about the “feudal” system of leasehold and how the government’s revitalised commonhold will fix all...

Don’t rein me in

For many years, major financial institutions and large retailers have understood the benefits of presenting their customers with complementary products alongside their core offering. Banks...

More questions now surround the home moving digital journey

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published its highly anticipated Home Buying and Selling Reform Roadmap, representing the most aggressive...

Stability has value: why the latest Bank Base Rate hold matters

The Bank of England's decision to maintain Bank Base Rate (BBR) at 3.75% may not have generated the excitement that often accompanies a rate...

If you motivate an idiot you just get stupid things done quicker

There's a lot of excitement about artificial intelligence in the mortgage industry right now. Nearly nine in 10 mortgage brokers want technology to play...

Latest news

Skipton Group appoints group chief internal auditor

Skipton Group has appointed Caroline Dale as its new group chief internal auditor, with...

DC Law passes 10,000 Trustpilot reviews with ‘Excellent’ customer rating

DC Law has exceeded 10,000 customer reviews on Trustpilot while maintaining an ‘Excellent’ rating...

Family Building Society launches BoE tracker mortgages

Family Building Society has launched a new range of Bank of England tracker mortgages...

The Mortgage Works cuts buy-to-let rates

The Mortgage Works has reduced buy-to-let mortgage rates by up to 0.25 percentage points...

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