Regulation

The future? Family financial planning

Advisers believe the number of couples and families seeking joint advice on retirement planning will increase...

Skipton to hold MCD broker seminars

Skipton Intermediaries will be hosting a range of special breakfast seminars across the country...

Brokers expect little difference from Consumer BTL

The majority of respondents to a survey on the effects of the Mortgage Credit...

Payday lender to refund over £15m to customers

Dollar Financial UK, which trades as The Money Shop, Payday UK, Payday Express and...

Brightstar receives FCA authorisation

Brightstar Financial has secured authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).  It achieved authorisation in 12 weeks...

BoE and FPC to regulate buy-to-let

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, has told a parliament committee that the...

Compliance hire for the Right Mortgage & Protection Network

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has hired Ben Allen as compliance manager. Allen...

2016 rollout for Right to Rent checks

The Home Office’s has published the timetable for Right to Rent checks as part of...

UTB: planning proposals “good news” for developers

United Trust Bank has welcomed the government’s permitted development proposals. The proposals were part of...

L&G updates Mortgage Credit Directive info hub

Legal & General Mortgage Club’s Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD) Matrix, which explains the new...

Housing Bill gets first reading

The government has introduced its Housing and Planning Bill. The first reading of the...

Citizens Advice: view must establish full extent of advice gaps

As HM Treasury and the Financial Conduct Authority invites input into the Financial Advice...

ASTL seeks to work with FCA over competition

Following the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) Call for Input on competition in the mortgage...

CML backs FCA’s mortgage market competition call

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has welcomed the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) call...
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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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Average combined buildings and contents premiums continued to edge lower last month, according to...
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Hamptons fundraising partnership with Mind reaches £150,000 milestone

Estate agency Hamptons has raised £150,000 for mental health charity Mind since the partnership...
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Affordability issues likely to intensify until 2027, lenders warn

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