Regulation

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...

RAW Capital Partners appoints head of risk and compliance

RAW Capital Partners has appointed a former Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) supervisor as its...

Advise Wise updates research PDF for compliance and audit

Advise Wise has announced the release of its improved research PDF document. The sourcing...

Trade body opposes FCA’s ‘name and shame’ plans

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has opposed proposals by the FCA that...

Top questions asked by brokers on mortgage fraud

Kirsty Jefferies, financial crime manager, intermediary and solicitor panel, Coventry for intermediaries, and Andrew...

MorganAsh partners with FWD Research to support firms with vulnerability requirements

MorganAsh has teamed up with FWD Research to further assist firms in meeting the...

SimplyBiz’s Consumer Duty event sees over 1,500 bookings

SimplyBiz has reported that its upcoming virtual Compliance Clinic, focussing upon Consumer Duty Annual...

The DPS to host free landlord webinars on disputes

The Deposit Protection Service (DPS) has created a series of free online webinars to...

Paradigm Consulting partners with Xpress Mortgages

Paradigm Consulting, the providers of support services to advisory firms, has announced a new...

COMMENT

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

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PMS reports double-digit growth in mortgages and protection

PMS Mortgage Club says it is on course for its strongest performance in five...

Property firms urged to engage early with digital home-moving reforms

Property professionals have been urged to start testing digital home-moving processes now rather than...

DPMSG launches consumer guide to Smart Property Data

The Digital Property Market Steering Group has launched a consumer-focused video explaining how Smart...

Together joins Equity Release Council as later life market broadens

Together has become a member of the Equity Release Council as the specialist lender...

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