Regulation

CML calls for targeted deregulation

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has urged the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to consider...

Why 2015 gave us food for thought

How might we describe the 2015 mortgage market when we come to look back...

Mortgage Brain sees 23% uplift in broker attendance

Mortgage Brain's 2015 series of Mortgage Vision events, held during October and November, saw a...

Further curb on buy-to-let signalled

George Osborne has given the go-ahead for the Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee to restrict...

LLA responds to FAMR and financial guidance consultation

The Later Life Academy (LLA), the commercial and training organisation for later life advisers,...

TFC secures full home finance permissions

Specialist distributor TFC Homeloans has been granted home finance permissions by the Financial Conduct...

Promise secures consumer credit and mortgage authorisation

Promise Solutions has received Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) authorisation ahead of the implementation of...

The Loans Engine secures MCD permissions

Master broker The Loans Engine (TLE) has received formal confirmation from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) that its application for...

FCA implementation will cost us extra, say insurers

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has said it was disappointed that the FCA’s...

ASTL amends code of conduct

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) is seeking to improve standards in the bridging...

BoE ready to intervene in buy-to-let market

The Bank of England has expressed its concerns over the buy-to-let sector. The central bank...

Bank hit with £72m fine

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Barclays Bank £72,069,400 for failing to minimise...

Investec will remain in foreign currency mortgage market

Investec Private Banking will continue to offer residential mortgages to UK based borrowers who...

Senior HBOS figures could face enforcement action

The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have published the review...

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We need clearer guidance on Stamp Duty advice

Just over a week ago Angela Rayner resigned following the discovery of a Stamp Duty breach on a flat she owns in Hove. She...

AI could make obsolescence obsolete and slash global e-waste

For decades, technology has been trapped in a cycle of forced obsolescence. Each year, a new iPhone or Android release quietly renders last year’s...

Discount Market Value: a local solution for a national housing challenge

The UK housing market is under constant scrutiny, especially when it comes to bolstering the supply of affordable housing. The government’s recent announcement of a...

Don’t overlook lifetime mortgages for clients with IHT worries

Lifetime mortgages have evolved significantly over the last few years. The industry has risen to the challenge, developing innovative new product features which ensure...

You can’t just turn on a tap and expect housing supply to flow

Yawn and stretch, the government have appointed a new housing Czar in place of the thoroughly discredited Angie Rayner, former Deputy Prime Minister, who...

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Brokers see rise in demand for business acquisition funding

Demand for funding to support business acquisitions is growing among UK SMEs, even as...

Phoebus joins Aston University to pioneer AI tools for mortgage servicing

Aston University has teamed up with Phoebus Software to create what is being described...

Source Insurance backs eco-focused start-up Insure4Nature

Source Insurance has partnered with ethical home insurance start-up Insure4Nature in a move that...

Gen H celebrates New Build Boost’s effect on homeownership

Six months after its launch, Gen H’s New Build Boost mortgage scheme has already...