Regulation

FCA calls for equity release advise improvements

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has released the finding of its review to equity...

Lloyds Banking Group slapped with £64m mortgage arrears handling fine

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Lloyds Banking Group (Lloyds Bank plc, Bank...

AMI wants FCA to revise 2020 budgets

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has submitted its response to the FCA’s consultation...

FSCS levy to exceed forecast

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has confirmed its levy for 2020/21. FSCS will levy...

Paradigm Mortgage Services provides Gabriel reporting function

Paradigm Mortgage Services has partnered with MyGabriel Accounting Solution which provides advisory firms with...

FCA issues final report on PPI deadline 

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its final report on the impact of...

Tenet appoints group risk and regulatory director

Caroline Bradley, Tenet’s group risk and regulatory director, has decided to step down from...

Covid-19 dominates FCA’s 2020/21 business priorities

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out its business priorities for the year...

Covid-19: AMI calls for support with fees

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has been talking to the FCA over the 2020/21 regulatory...

FCA proposes temporary consumer credit relief

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed a range of targeted temporary measures designed...

Covid-19: Citizens Advice calls for greater protections for renters

UK wide charity Citizens Advice wants increased protections for renters following coronavirus legislation. Dame Gillian...

Castle Trust obtains banking licence

Castle Trust Capital plc has been advised that its application for a banking licence...

FCA seeks to intervene to aid mortgage switching

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) says there is a case for intervening to help...

Most landlords expect government PRS intervention

70% of landlords expect there to be further government intervention in the private rental...

COMMENT

Buy-to-let has matured as a market

Buy-to-let turned 30 last week, and it's a good moment for some much-needed positivity around this market. Whatever the narrative around buy-to-let has been at...

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

Latest news

Advice firm wins first client through ChatGPT after AI visibility push

A financial advice firm secured its first client through ChatGPT within two weeks of...

Alps expands landlord insurance add-ons on Acturis

Alps has made its full range of let property insurance add-ons available through the...

Lifetime ISAs linked to £67.5bn of first-time buyer property purchases

Lifetime ISAs have helped more than 417,000 people buy their first home since the...

Landbay webinar to examine outlook for rates and UK economy

Landbay is to host an economic webinar examining the outlook for interest rates, inflation...

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