Regulation

FCA wants improvements in credit information market

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out proposals to improve the credit information...

SmartSearch appoints VP of professional services sales

SmartSearch, the anti-money laundering (AML) firm, has promoted Tom Dockerty to the position of...

High Court judgment on unauthorised mortgage brokers

The FCA has obtained a judgment against London Property Investments (U.K) Limited (LPI), NPI...

Electronic verification “saves regulated firms money”

Anti-money laundering (AML) firm SmartSearch has claimed that regulated firms who use manual verification...

Access FS reveals next academy details

Mortgage and protection broker, Access Financial Services, is about to run its next academy...

HMRC targeting residential landlords with ‘nudge letters’

HMRC is targeting residential landlords in its latest nudge campaign that it suspects are...

Chartwell adopts 360 Lifecycle’s ID verification software

360 Lifecycle has recently onboarded Chartwell Mortgage Services as an early adopter of its...

Stonebridge improves Compliance Operating Model

Stonebridge, the national mortgage and insurance network, has launched a further enhancement to its...

MorganAsh and Moneyhub partner for vulnerability and Consumer Duty

MorganAsh, the support services provider, and Moneyhub, the data and payments platform, are working...

Target Group appoints chief risk officer

Target Group has announced that Kathy Griffin has joined as chief risk officer. Griffin joins from...

Consumer Duty to put protection in spotlight

44% of advisers expect the Consumer Duty to increase the focus on protection, according...

Regulated firms “learning the compliance lesson”

Following 68 estate agents receiving fines from HMRC for breaches of anti-money laundering rules,...

Enforcement boss to leave FCA

Mark Steward will be stepping down as the FCA’s executive director of enforcement and...

Report reveals LLP money-laundering loophole

An anti-money laundering specialist is backing calls for reform of the UK’s company registration...

COMMENT

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...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

Latest news

Landbay adds 11 tracker products and cuts rates by up to 15bps

Landbay has expanded its buy-to-let tracker range with 11 new products and reduced rates...

Howden expands in North Wales with Wrexham office

Howden has opened its first commercial insurance office in Wrexham as the broker expands...

UK buyers reluctant to compromise despite affordability pressures

UK homebuyers remain committed to purchasing a property but are less willing than buyers...

Keystone trims buy-to-let fixed rates by up to 15bps

Keystone Property Finance has reduced pricing across a number of its buy-to-let mortgage ranges,...

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