Regulation

AMI welcomes intermediary fee and levy savings

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its policy statement and ‘made rules’ for...

Advisers want future mix of face-to-face and virtual events

The SimplyBiz Group will now deliver a hybrid event programme, in line with feedback...

SM&CR implementation time extended

The Treasury has amended legislation to extend the first assessment of Fit and Proper...

FCA appoints new chief executive

Nikhil Rathi has been appointed as the new permanent chief executive of the Financial...

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...
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COMMENT

Comment

Should mortgage advisers consider the emerging secondary market for life policies?

Mortgage advisers regularly help clients navigate major life changes. While much of the focus is naturally on borrowing, refinancing and insurance, there is another...

One mortgage journey no longer fits every borrower

In the mortgage market, we have lots of different ways of describing customers depending on where they are in their lives. We talk about...

Closing the protection gap starts with informed clients

Millions of people have no protection insurance coverage and could be left vulnerable in the event of a death in the family, serious illness...

The fall in BTL company formations isn’t the whole story

It is often the case with housing and mortgage market data that the headline figure attracts most of the attention, while some of the...

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...

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News

Conveyancer numbers fall 15% as firms face mounting workload pressures

The conveyancing workforce in England and Wales has contracted by 15% in little more...
News

Lendlord adds free rent increase notice tool for landlords

Lendlord has introduced a free tool designed to help landlords prepare the Form 4A...
Development finance

LendInvest and MDA flag development finance risks from Building Safety Levy

LendInvest and MDA Consulting have published guidance for property lenders and developers ahead of...
HNW

Family BS launches £12.5m HNW interest roll-up mortgage

Family Building Society has launched an interest roll-up mortgage allowing high net worth borrowers...

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