Regulation

FCA simplifies Financial Services Register

The FCA has updated its Financial Services (FS) Register, with changes including a simpler design...

FCA updates guidance for insurance and premium finance firms

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has revealed proposals to extend a series of temporary measures to...

FCA consults on extending SM&CR implementation deadlines

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a consultation paper on making changes to...

UK Finance appoints director of mortgages

UK Finance has announced the appointment of Charles Roe as its new director of...

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...

COMMENT

I’m 49. My dad’s 73. Between us we’ve found the hole in later life lending

I turn 50 in December, and the marketing has already started. Funeral plans, over-50s life cover, “guaranteed acceptance” adverts wedged between the football highlights....

Buying scale was phase one. What happens next?

Mortgage distribution is in a race for scale. Capital wants market share. Consolidators want distribution. Networks want advisers. Good businesses are commanding serious valuations. If I...

Slow completions are costing brokers. Five steps can help protect their pipelines

Through my conversations with mortgage brokers, and Landmark’s work across the wider home-moving process, I see the same pattern repeatedly. Once a mortgage has...

The industry needs to prepare now for Your First Home

The government’s announcement of the Your First Home scheme is genuinely positive news, and anything that boosts confidence among first-time buyers and people trying...

Why advisers can be part of the conveyancing team

There is a tendency to think the mortgage adviser’s involvement in conveyancing begins with recommending a firm and then largely ends once the client...

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TPFG buys 25% stake in property and mortgage AI business Enteka

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) has taken a 25% stake in Enteka AI as...

Property professionals back homebuying reforms, CSS poll finds

More than three-quarters of property professionals believe proposed changes to the homebuying and selling...

Accord cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 0.43%

Accord Mortgages is reducing selected buy-to-let rates by up to 0.43 percentage points, with...

Mortgage Brain embeds LMS conveyancing service into CRM Brain

Mortgage Brain has integrated the LMS Select conveyancing platform directly into CRM Brain, allowing...

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