Regulation

2016 a “transition year” for second charges

Enterprise Finance’s latest Second Charge Report has found that the second charge mortgage market...

Almost half of DAs to respond to FSCS consultation

TMA Mortgage Club has claimed that 47% of Directly Authorised (DA) advisers are planning...

New chair for Smaller Business Practitioner Panel

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced the appointment of a new Chair for the...

FCA appoints new non-executive director

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed the appointment of Nick Stace as a non-executive...

First Complete & Pink urge ARs to respond to FSCS consultation

Mortgage and protection customers could end up being the biggest losers if advisers do...

DAs not happy with FSCS funding position

A new survey from TMA Mortgage Club has found that Directly Authorised advisers (DAs)...

BTL landlords planning to weather tax change impact

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) says that recent YouGov Reports survey data suggests...

FCA publishes IDD implementation consultation paper

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the first of its two consultation papers...

FCA sets PPI complaint deadline

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set a deadline for making new payment protection insurance...

Callcredit secures FCA authorisation

Callcredit Information Group's wholly owned subsidiaries, Callcredit Limited and Callcredit Consumer Limited, have achieved full...

GI firm to provide £12.5m redress

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has agreed a redress arrangement with Express Gifts Ltd,...

TMA wants fight against “unfair” FSCS levy 

TMA Mortgage Club is calling on brokers to respond to a consultation paper from...

The Source implements FCA renewal measures

On 1 April 2017, new rules from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) aimed at...

CML backs independent social housing regulation

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) says it supports the principle that the regulation of...
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COMMENT

Buy-to-let

First-time, accidental or professional? How the landlord profile is shifting in 2026

One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is...

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Searching for sunny uplands

There is a growing sense, shared quietly in boardrooms and rather less quietly over kitchen tables, that the UK has lost a degree of...

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Energy efficiency

Energy-efficient homes ‘may carry higher climate risks’

Some of the UK’s more energy-efficient homes could face greater long-term exposure to flooding...
Housing

New towns plan may help supply but risks falling short, says former RICS chair

The government’s announcement of seven proposed new towns has been broadly welcomed as a...
Buy-to-let

Buy-to-let mortgage rates rise as landlords face fresh cost pressures

Buy-to-let mortgage rates have risen sharply this month, while landlords are also facing further...
Technology

Virgin Money to take mortgage application systems offline for five days

Virgin money has announced that its Virgin Money and Clydesdale online application platforms will...

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