Regulation

Keystone to provide split stress tests

On 14 June Keystone Property Finance will introduce separate stress tests for individual and...

CML Wales chair wants collaboration with government

The chair of the CML in Wales has expressing the importance of collaboration between...

Rogue claims management firms targeted

A pair of claims firms suspected of making thousands of nuisance calls and ripping...

Warning sounded over pay rate BTL

Simon Bayley, commercial director at Foundation Home Loans, has questioned whether the next affordability bubble...

Hamptons Estates’ ad misleading, rules watchdog

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has told Hampton Estates that an online advert outlining...

Paragon: decline in landlords’ purchasing intentions

Landlords are strengthening their credit profiles as they shift investment away from new acquisitions...

IMLA sounds warning over Basel proposals

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has warned that housing associations and homebuyers with...

Life & pensions sector to contribute more to FSCS

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) will levy £337m in the financial year 2016/17,...

Scrutiny for parliament over FCA CEO appointment

George Osborne has written to Andrew Tyrie MP, the Chairman of the Treasury Committee,...

Secured loans now faster following cooling-off cull

The implementation of the Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD) has led to increased competitiveness for...

Seconds distributor on CeMAP track

Second charge distributor Fluent Money says it is set to have all 85 of its client-facing...

Tracey McDermott to leave the FCA

Tracey McDermott, acting chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to leave...

LLA responses to FCA’s ageing population paper

The Later Life Academy (LLA) has submitted its response to the FCA Discussion Paper (DP16-1),...

LIBOR submitter banned by FCA

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned Paul White from performing any function in...

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2026 forecasts: St. James’s Place

Four senior figures at St. James’s Place outline themes, opportunities and concerns for 2026. JUSTIN ONUEKWUSI, CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER Artificial intelligence is likely to remain a...

2026 forecasts: Atom bank

Chris Storey, chief commercial officer at Atom bank, provides his thoughts on the residential and commercial mortgage market as we head into the new...

“It’s Christmas time, there’s no need not to check your supplier list…”

With the Christmas holidays upon us, it’s fair to say that business issues might be slipping down the priority list just a little bit,...

FS25/6 and the execution-only irony brokers can’t ignore

Reading FCA FS25/6, it is difficult not to notice an uncomfortable irony in the regulator’s conclusions around execution-only sales. The paper rightly raises concerns about...

Less Autumn Budget and more Autumn Bodgit

After months of fevered speculation before the Budget residential property transactions juddered to a halt. I always suspected that as ‘confidence arrives on foot and...

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Home insurance price falls ease as market shows signs of stabilising

Average combined buildings and contents premiums continued to edge lower last month, according to...

Hamptons fundraising partnership with Mind reaches £150,000 milestone

Estate agency Hamptons has raised £150,000 for mental health charity Mind since the partnership...

Scotland and Yorkshire lead UK housing market activity in 2025

Scotland and Yorkshire have emerged as home to the UK’s most active housing markets...

Affordability issues likely to intensify until 2027, lenders warn

Mortgage affordability is expected to become a more pressing issue by 2027, according to...

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