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Accord: landlords resilient in face of regulation

57% of Accord Mortgages' buy-to-let applications received in 2017 were from those affected by...

SimplyBiz Group unveils GDPR hub

SimplyBiz Group has launched an online resource designed to help advisers meet the requirements...

Regulator launches wholesale insurance brokers market study

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a market study to assess how competition...

Brokers at risk of GDPR non-compliance

Mortgage Brain has warned that the majority of mortgage advisers in the UK could...

London Trading Standards tackles rogue letting agents

As part of London Trading Standards Week, representatives from 15 departments are to visit...

CMA fines five estate agents over cartel

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has taken enforcement action against five estate agents for...

FSE 2017: end of individual approved persons?

Advisers have voiced concern to the regulator that its new ‘Accountability 2’ senior manager...

Aldermore publishes standardised BTL templates

Aldermore has made new documents available to brokers and landlords in advance of the...

Online estate agent’s ads declared misleading

A website and TV ad for HouseSimple, an online estate agent, have been criticised...

Network CEO sees ban upheld

The Upper Tribunal has upheld the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) decision to ban Charles Palmer,...

Firms want clearer FCA communications about Brexit

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the FCA Practitioner Panel have published the findings...

Lloyds to pay £283m in redress over mortgage arrears fees

Lloyds Banking Group has agreed with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to set up...

Compliance officer fined £75k

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined David Watters £75,000 for failing to exercise...

FCA publishes interim review of retirement income market

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the interim findings of the Retirement Outcomes...
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Four senior figures at St. James’s Place outline themes, opportunities and concerns for 2026. JUSTIN ONUEKWUSI, CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER Artificial intelligence is likely to remain a...

2026 forecasts: Atom bank

Chris Storey, chief commercial officer at Atom bank, provides his thoughts on the residential and commercial mortgage market as we head into the new...

“It’s Christmas time, there’s no need not to check your supplier list…”

With the Christmas holidays upon us, it’s fair to say that business issues might be slipping down the priority list just a little bit,...

FS25/6 and the execution-only irony brokers can’t ignore

Reading FCA FS25/6, it is difficult not to notice an uncomfortable irony in the regulator’s conclusions around execution-only sales. The paper rightly raises concerns about...

Less Autumn Budget and more Autumn Bodgit

After months of fevered speculation before the Budget residential property transactions juddered to a halt. I always suspected that as ‘confidence arrives on foot and...

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Home insurance price falls ease as market shows signs of stabilising

Average combined buildings and contents premiums continued to edge lower last month, according to...
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Hamptons fundraising partnership with Mind reaches £150,000 milestone

Estate agency Hamptons has raised £150,000 for mental health charity Mind since the partnership...
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