Regulation

FCA signals Mortgage Market Study launch

The Financial Services Authority (FCA) is to formally launch its Mortgage Market Study towards the...

TMA outlines regional roadshow offering

TMA Mortgage Club is rolling out a series of regional roadshows with a number of mortgage...

PMS partners with TML

PMS Mortgage Club has become the latest distributor to partner with The Mortgage Lender...

Society of Mortgage Professionals outlines roadshow schedule

The Society of Mortgage Professionals has confirmed the schedule for its second series of 2016...

CA vows to continue leasehold reform campaign

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has stated that it will continue with its campaign to...

Regulation a “positive game changer” for seconds

Fluent for Advisers, the second charge specialist distributor, has stated that all the available evidence...

FSE London seminar programme revealed

The full seminar programme for Financial Services Expo (FSE) London has been announced. FSE London...

New lender secures FCA approval

Mortgages4Life has received full regulatory approval from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The Peterborough-based company...

FCA outlines new rules over GI renewals

The Financial Conduct Authority has published a policy statement - PS16/21: Increasing transparency and...

Commercial broker gains FCA authorisation

Commercial finance broker Pegasus Funding Resources has been granted authorisation to carry out credit broking,...

Promise sees significant rise in conversion rates

Promise Solutions has reported a large improvement in its second charge conversion rates since the introduction...

FCA seeks PPI complaint deadline

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) believes the package of proposals on payment protection insurance (PPI)...

Report outlines regulatory failures around HBOS

The Treasury Committee has said that the idea of a new enforcement body has...

FCA outlines authorisation commitments

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued commitments to firms during the authorisation process. Between...
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COMMENT

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Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Searching for sunny uplands

There is a growing sense, shared quietly in boardrooms and rather less quietly over kitchen tables, that the UK has lost a degree of...

How advisers can find and secure powerful introducers to grow their business – Pt2

I hope you found my earlier article useful and enlightening and if so, please read on, as in this piece I complete the steps...

What building the future means for mortgages

Earlier this month I attended the Abundance 360 summit in Los Angeles, Peter Diamandis’s annual gathering of entrepreneurs, scientists, tech CEOs and investors who are,...

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Compliance

MorganAsh launches calculator to help firms estimate scale of customer vulnerability

MorganAsh has launched a calculator designed to help financial services firms gauge how many...
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Average mortgage rate reaches 5.50% as market reprices

The average mortgage rate tracked by Moneyfacts has climbed to 5.50% for the first...
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RSM UK urges action as house price growth stalls and transactions fall

RSM UK is calling for stamp duty reform and more support for first-time buyers...
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Clydesdale Bank raises selected residential and buy-to-let rates

Clydesdale Bank is increasing a number of residential and buy-to-let product transfer rates from...

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