Regulation

2016: Challenges, changes and opportunities for brokers

To quote a heavily used cliché from Alexander Graham Bell: “When one door closes,...

Regulator wants CCA stakeholder views

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a Call for Input on the review...

Freedom Finance offering three MCD broker options

Freedom Finance’s intermediary division has provided details its available options for intermediaries who will...

Precise Mortgages’ MCD upgrade is completed

DPR Consulting has completed a systems upgrade for Precise Mortgages. The update provides compliance with...

PFS proposes solution in FAMR commission debate

The Personal Finance Society has suggested a solution to the debate over commission and the Financial...

SMP welcomes FCA exam review

The Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) decision to review examination standards across a broad range...

V Loans adopts MCD changes

V Loans has decided to implement Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD) changes ahead of the deadline. The second...

Clever Lending prioritising pipeline in run up to MCD

Master broker Clever Lending has implemented its new processes for Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD)...

PMS and Sesame outlines Mortgage Extra Live schedule

PMS and Sesame are holding a series of seminars at 12 UK venues for clients...

Twenty7Tec systems now fully MCD compliant

Twenty7Tec Group has stated that it has completed the required developments to enable its...

TenetLime sees large interest in MCD events

TenetLime has revealed that its current schedule of Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD) events in...

Buy-to-let in 2016 ‘all about location’

Foundation Home Loans (FHL) has suggested that the challenge for landlords, following the introduction of...

80% rise in Tenet Masterclass attendance

Tenet has reported a doubling from two rounds in 2014 to four in 2015...

FCA urged to look at changes to affordability rules

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been urged by the Equity Release Council to...
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COMMENT

Comment

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

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...

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Together has added further experience to its broker-facing team, with Annie Crust bringing more...
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Project 28 Charter opens membership to widen push for faster property transactions

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Tembo appoints James Young to lead data and insights

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

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