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Precise completes MCD-compliant secured loan
Precise Mortgages has completed its first Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD) compliant second charge loan. The...
26 February 2016
Losses continue at RBS
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) has reported a loss for 2015 of...
26 February 2016
First Complete begins MCD training across UK
First Complete has started to carry out UK-wide training on the impact of the...
25 February 2016
Affordability hit borrowers turning to bridging
86% of brokers surveyed saw an increase in bridging loan volume during the fourth...
24 February 2016
Ferratum gains FCA authorisation
Short-term and payday loan provider Ferratum UK has been granted authorisation by the Financial Conduct Authority...
24 February 2016
2016: Challenges, changes and opportunities for brokers
To quote a heavily used cliché from Alexander Graham Bell: “When one door closes,...
22 February 2016
Regulator wants CCA stakeholder views
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a Call for Input on the review...
20 February 2016
Freedom Finance offering three MCD broker options
Freedom Finance’s intermediary division has provided details its available options for intermediaries who will...
19 February 2016
Precise Mortgages’ MCD upgrade is completed
DPR Consulting has completed a systems upgrade for Precise Mortgages. The update provides compliance with...
17 February 2016
PFS proposes solution in FAMR commission debate
The Personal Finance Society has suggested a solution to the debate over commission and the Financial...
17 February 2016
SMP welcomes FCA exam review
The Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) decision to review examination standards across a broad range...
16 February 2016
V Loans adopts MCD changes
V Loans has decided to implement Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD) changes ahead of the deadline. The second...
15 February 2016
Clever Lending prioritising pipeline in run up to MCD
Master broker Clever Lending has implemented its new processes for Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD)...
12 February 2016
PMS and Sesame outlines Mortgage Extra Live schedule
PMS and Sesame are holding a series of seminars at 12 UK venues for clients...
12 February 2016
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COMMENT
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Working up those income streams
Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...
6 February 2026
Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright
The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...
5 February 2026
Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage
This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...
4 February 2026
The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore
The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...
4 February 2026
Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026
A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...
3 February 2026
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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates
Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...
6 February 2026
Technology
Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly
Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...
6 February 2026
Building Societies
The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges
Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...
6 February 2026
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FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG
The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...
6 February 2026
PROFILES
Louisa Sedgwick on Paragon and the future of buy-to-let
Graham McClelland on Britain’s broken mortgage market
Gareth Lewis on leading MT Finance through a changing landscape