Regulation

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...

FCA approves change of control for Everyday Loans

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has given the green light for Non Standard Finance...

New deputy governor for the BoE

Sam Woods has been appointed deputy governor for the Bank of England with responsibility...

FCA allows affordability waiver for lifetime mortgages

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has decided allow lifetime mortgage lenders to apply for...

Call for re-levelling of disclosure playing field

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has called for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)...

“Time for DAs to decide” over seconds route

Master broker Clever Lending says it is still seeing a number of Directly Authorised...

Business as usual for seconds

Fluent Money has claimed that "strong" collaboration between lenders, distributors and brokers in the...

AMI to fight FCA’s “unfair fees”

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has responded the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) Business...

FHL: longer-term BTL rates should appease FPC

Foundation Home Loans’ commercial director, Simon Bayley, believes that much of the issue surrounding...

IMLA fears PRA action will dumb down buy-to-let market

The intermediary Mortgage Lenders' Association (IMLA) has responded to the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) consultation...

Lloyds Bank launches online remortgage service

A new online service to provide increased ease for those looking to switch their...

Kent Reliance offers landlord guide to incorporating

Kent Reliance has commissioned a new report to educate landlords on the tax implications...

BoE proposes BTL affordability tests

The Bank of England is seeking to further clamp down on the UK's buy-to-let...
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COMMENT

Comment

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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Appointments

Together strengthens intermediary team with senior account manager hire

Together has added further experience to its broker-facing team, with Annie Crust bringing more...
Homebuying

Project 28 Charter opens membership to widen push for faster property transactions

The Project 28 Charter has opened membership to organisations across the property transaction chain...
Appointments

Tembo appoints James Young to lead data and insights

Tembo has appointed James Young as director of data and insights as the savings...
Conveyancing

Move Reports joins Conveyancing Association as affiliate member

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has appointed independent search firm Move Reports as its latest...

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