Regulation

Roma Finance sounds death knell for small landlord

The private rental sector of the future will be dominated by larger institutional landlords...

Lenders and brokers accused of being ‘too quiet’ over buy-to-let changes

Mortgage lenders and brokers have been too quiet over the Prudential Regulatory Authority’s (PRA)...

197 arrests made since bank fraud measures put in place last year

Figures published by UK Finance have revealed that £24.7 million of fraud has been...

FCA reveals urban-rural differences in financial services

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the latest analysis from its Financial Lives...

FCA: no enforcement action against Scottish Widows

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced investigations into six firms as a result of...

Interim Report: reasons to be fearful

The whole industry, myself included, has now had some further time to digest the...

Canara Bank hit for anti-money laundering systems failings

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Canara Bank £896,100 and has imposed a...

FCA proposes cap on rent-to-own lending

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced new proposals designed to protect millions of...

Debt management director banned for misappropriating client money

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned Darren Lee Newton from working in any...

Regulator to provide industry update at FSE Manchester

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will be providing its first update to the industry...

Barclays CEO fined £642k by regulators

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) have together fined...

RBS to settle with US Department of Justice

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc has reached a civil settlement in principle...

FCA calls for more help for ‘mortgage prisoners’

In its newly published interim report into the mortgage market, the Financial Conduct Authority...

Tax and regulation changing landlord behaviour

Paragon’s latest PRS Trends research has found that landlords with between six and 20...
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COMMENT

Homebuying reform

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

Building societies need to start putting intelligence into motion

If you were at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference in Edinburgh last month , you could not have missed the optimism: the sector...

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Analysis

Lenders expecting stability despite global uncertainty

Following the latest US tariff announcement, lenders are continuing to price and operate on...
News

Lloyds and Halifax cut mortgage rates

Lloyds and Halifax are reducing rates across homemover, first-time buyer, remortgage, product transfer and...
Appointments

TMG Mortgage Network appoints head of operations

TMG Mortgage Network has appointed Ava Jones as head of operations as it continues...
Homebuying reform

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and...

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