Regulation

Citizens Advice super-complaint includes mortgages and GI

Citizens Advice has submitted a super-complaint to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) calling...

Not smooth sailing for FCA comparison tool development

When the FCA’s Mortgages Market Study Interim Report came out, there were a number...

Another Sunny Loans TV ad banned

Elevate Credit International, which trades as Sunny Loans, has been told by the Advertising...

FCA recruits new competition director from CMA

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed Sheldon Mills as its new director of...

Sunny Loans ad banned by watchdog

A Sunny Loans ad has been found to have given misleading impression that the...

Credit score provider merger referred on competition grounds

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has referred Experian’s purchase of ClearScore for an...

FCA begins crowdfunding consultation

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is proposing to change to the rules for crowdfunding...

Loan directors banned for misleading customers

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned four former directors and shareholders of Secure My...

“Baffling patchwork” of housing complaint schemes and routes

Ombudsman Services (OS), which is withdrawing from handling complaints in the housing and property sector next...

FCA challenged to do more to support professionalism in UK financial services

A financial services alliance with a combined global membership of 200,000 is challenging the...

FCA clarifies fairer treatment of regular premium PPI complaints

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a consultation paper on new guidance about...

Regulator proposes directory of financial services workers 

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed a new directory to help consumers and...

FCA wants improvement in servicing those with pre-existing medical conditions

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published feedback on its Call for Input (CfI)...

Roma Finance sounds death knell for small landlord

The private rental sector of the future will be dominated by larger institutional landlords...
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COMMENT

networks

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...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

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Buy-to-let

ModaMortgages cuts rates with limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range with rates reduced by up to...
News

First-time buyers face confidence gap as unexpected costs and delays mount

Nine in 10 first-time buyers believe they understand the home-buying process before starting, but...
Appointments

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...
funding

LendInvest raises £300m through latest Mortimer securitisation

LendInvest has completed its eighth Mortimer residential mortgage-backed securitisation, securing £300 million of funding...

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