Regulation

AMI wants FCA to revise 2020 budgets

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has submitted its response to the FCA’s consultation...

FSCS levy to exceed forecast

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has confirmed its levy for 2020/21. FSCS will levy...

Paradigm Mortgage Services provides Gabriel reporting function

Paradigm Mortgage Services has partnered with MyGabriel Accounting Solution which provides advisory firms with...

FCA issues final report on PPI deadline 

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its final report on the impact of...

Tenet appoints group risk and regulatory director

Caroline Bradley, Tenet’s group risk and regulatory director, has decided to step down from...

Covid-19 dominates FCA’s 2020/21 business priorities

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out its business priorities for the year...

Covid-19: AMI calls for support with fees

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has been talking to the FCA over the 2020/21 regulatory...

FCA proposes temporary consumer credit relief

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed a range of targeted temporary measures designed...

Covid-19: Citizens Advice calls for greater protections for renters

UK wide charity Citizens Advice wants increased protections for renters following coronavirus legislation. Dame Gillian...

Castle Trust obtains banking licence

Castle Trust Capital plc has been advised that its application for a banking licence...

FCA seeks to intervene to aid mortgage switching

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) says there is a case for intervening to help...

Most landlords expect government PRS intervention

70% of landlords expect there to be further government intervention in the private rental...

CMA to take action over leasehold mis-selling

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) says it has found "troubling" evidence of potential...

CGT changes to hit second homeowners and property investors

Law firm Collyer Bristow has warned that second homeowners and property investors are to...

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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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HLPartnership adds Handelsbanken to lender panel

HLPartnership has added Handelsbanken to its lender panel as part of its ongoing strategy...

FCA warns consumers over ineffective credit builder products

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned that many credit builder products fail to...

Affordability pressures deepen in Wales and North East as rental divergence widens

Regional divergence within the UK’s private rented sector has become more pronounced, with new...

Santander lowers mortgage pricing and unveils new large loan options

Santander is set to cut its residential fixed mortgage rates by up to 0.14...

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