Regulation

Brokers praise Mortgage Vision events

96% of attendees of the 2014 series of Mortgage Vision events rated them...

FCA: early days but RDR seems be working

The first stage of the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) post-implementation review of the...

Co-op Bank fails BoE stress test

The Bank of England has published the results of the first concurrent stress testing...

FCA consults over complaints handling

Financial services firms will no longer be able to use premium rate telephone numbers...

FCA publishes annuities sale findings

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the findings of its thematic review into...

Tenet unveils consumer credit compliance service

Tenet says it believes most financial advisers need consumer credit authorisation, but that...

V Loans to expand services following FCA permission

V Loans, the specialist secured lending arm of KR Group, has been granted full...

The Autumn Statement in full

Mr Speaker, Four years ago, in the first Autumn Statement of this Parliament, I presented...

Seconds to break £1bn barrier next year?

The second charge loans market will more than double in size within three years,...

NACFB promotes UK approach to rest of Europe

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) attended the EU Conference on SME...

CMA rejects call for more property management regulation

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published the findings and recommendations from its...

New FCA rules for credit brokers unveiled

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has introduced new rules today to tackle poor practice...

Lords to consider primetime TV payday loan ad ban

Members of the House of Lords will today decide whether to ban companies from...

Regulation behind Scottish rental rises

Annual rent growth is now stronger in Scotland than England and Wales, according to...

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Income protection: the unsung hero of the cost-of-living crisis

Higher mortgage rates, rising energy costs, and continued inflation have put pressure on many household budgets. Advisers spend time helping customers find the right rate,...

Why rigid credit scoring is locking too many people out of homeownership

Some people don’t fit the mould. That’s always been true in mortgage lending. But the tools used by most lenders to assess borrowers, particularly...

What a bigger market means for brokers

The latest Interpath and BDLA UK Bridging Market Survey confirms what many brokers are already experiencing on the ground, that bridging has hit the...

How social media can bridge the protection disconnect

The latest AMI Protection Viewpoint provided a compelling snapshot of the challenges and opportunities facing the protection market. The research highlights a worrying pattern that...

Opening doors for credit-worthy but overlooked clients

It doesn’t take much these days for a borrower to feel they’ve fallen out of favour with the system. A missed payment here, a...

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Skipton brings brokers and developers together to drive sustainable housing agenda

Skipton Building Society has brought together brokers, developers, and sustainability specialists at its head...

Foundation Home Loans expands residential range and cuts rates

Foundation Home Loans has announced a series of rate reductions and product enhancements across...

ColCap and Molo complete £300m buy-to-let securitisation

ColCap Financial and digital mortgage lender Molo have completed their second securitisation under the...

West Brom cuts mortgage rates to aid first-time buyers and remortgagers

West Brom Building Society has reduced rates across its core two-year and three-year mortgage...

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