Regulation

TenetSelect to hold free DA seminars

TenetSelect is holding a series of free assessing suitability seminars throughout June, aimed at...

Over 60% of tenants in the dark over protection

UK letting agents hold over £2.7 billion of landlord and tenants’ money but, according...

Committee questions further P2P regulation

Andrew Tyrie MP, chairman of the parliamentary Treasury Committee, has written to Tracey McDermott,...

Large majority of brokers to deal with second charges

84% of brokers surveyed by Legal & General Mortgage Club plan to include second...

Are lenders behind the FCA’s latest pronouncements?

The flurry of papers from the FCA recently, all concentrating on the post-Mortgage Market...

Former Keydata compliance officer banned

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned Peter Johnson, former compliance officer of Keydata...

AMI concerned by FCA’s competition stance

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has revealed its its disappointment by the FCA's...

CML pleased by FCA’s competition statement

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has responded to the Financial Conduct Authority's competition...

FCA to hold mortgage market competition study

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to undertake a targeted market study focused on...

Advisers concerned over long-term BTL prospects

There has been a small rise in the volume of buy-to-let business being written...

Keystone to provide split stress tests

On 14 June Keystone Property Finance will introduce separate stress tests for individual and...

CML Wales chair wants collaboration with government

The chair of the CML in Wales has expressing the importance of collaboration between...

Rogue claims management firms targeted

A pair of claims firms suspected of making thousands of nuisance calls and ripping...

Warning sounded over pay rate BTL

Simon Bayley, commercial director at Foundation Home Loans, has questioned whether the next affordability bubble...

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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...

Ministerial cock-ups could kill radical property taxes

At first it might appear that the mortgage industry and the housing sector as a whole should be cross with the Labour government. After all,...

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MPC narrowly votes to hold rates at 4% as calls for a cut grow louder

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has come within a whisker of...

UTB backs £16.5m Surrey developments by Rushmon Homes

United Trust Bank (UTB) is providing £10.7m in acquisition and development finance to support...

Octopus Capital funds two new care homes

Octopus Capital has completed a £30 million forward funding agreement with Synergy Care Developments...

Hanley Economic names new chair as Nick Jordan steps down

Hanley Economic Building Society has confirmed that Ian Henley will become its new chair...

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