Regulation

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...

FCA launches Call for Inputs on mortgage market competition

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today introduced a 'Call for Inputs' on competition in...

Skipton to talk MCD at Mortgage Business Expo

Skipton Intermediaries will be attending the Mortgage Business Expo on 7 October to discuss...

New legislation could cause “legal minefield”

New legislation that came into force on 1 October will limit landlord’s powers to...

Consumer Panel announces new members

The independent Financial Services Consumer Panel appointed three new panel members. The new members fill the...

IRESS: MMR behind intermediary market growth

The introduction of the Mortgage Market Review (MMR) 18 months ago has been followed by...

FCA proposes changes to pension rules

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its proposed changes to the pension rules. It is...

ASTL reveals final conference line up

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has revealed the complete line up for...

Advisers have a post-MMR opportunity

The London FSE shows always bring up an interesting number of industry issues to...

MBE to create MCD implementation forum

Seminars at the upcoming Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) will create a forum to focus...

L&G adds to MCD preparedness debate

Legal & General Mortgage Club has responded to Clever Lending’s survey on the Mortgage...

Y3S secures full FCA authorisation

Second charge packager Y3S Loans has received formal notification of authorisation from the Financial...

RICS sets out ideas to tackle UK housing crisis

Nearly three million homes could be released into the housing market if better incentives and...
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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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Buy-to-let

Hodge raises holiday let lending limits with 80% LTV move

Hodge Bank has widened its holiday let criteria, increasing maximum loan-to-value to 80% and...
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Family BS expands fixed rate range across core lending lines

Family Building Society has launched a refreshed range of fixed rate products spanning owner-occupier...
Appointments

HLPartnership hires Toby Miles from Legal & General for recruitment role

HLPartnership has appointed Toby Miles as recruitment manager, joining the mortgage and protection network...
Technology

Mortgage Brain unveils major CRM Brain update shaped by broker feedback

Mortgage Brain has released its most extensive update to CRM Brain, introducing new functionality...

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