Regulation

RICS sets out ideas to tackle UK housing crisis

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

71% of brokers “not ready for MCD regulation”

Secured loan master broker Clever Lending has claimed there is a widespread lack of...

New MCD implementation guide from Paradigm

Paradigm Mortgage Services has published its second Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD) implementation update for...

Many borrowers still confused by MMR rules

Two-thirds of potential house buyers have been left in the dark about the Mortgage...

TMA partners with Shawbrook Academies

Shawbrook Academies have launched in partnership with TMA. The academies are designed specifically for UK...

Clever Lending: we’re set for early MCD compliance 

Clever Lending has claimed it is "well on the way" to ensuring all of its staff,...

New Mortgage Extra Live events from Sesame

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) is to hold a new round of mortgage seminars at...

FSE London: business opportunity from holistic approach

The implementation of the Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD) and the introduction of FCA regulation...

FSE London: service disclosure will be key

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has revealed that putting an adviser’s service disclosure document...

FSE London: Further buy-to-let regulation likely

The curbing tax relief on interest-only buy-to-let mortgages for landlords by Chancellor George Osborne...

Paradigm offers MCD support at FSE

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced the next stage in its provision of support on...

Estate agent rapped over misleading claims

Bolton based Redman Casey Estate Agents has had two issues investigated by the Advertising...

PFS announces exclusive paraplanner events

The Personal Finance Society (PFS) has revealed that its first series of dedicated paraplanning events is...

First Complete unveils mortgage forums

First Complete is launching a series of mortgage forums around the country for all...
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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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Regulation

FCA to join Bristol summit as later life lending sector weighs market study

The Financial Conduct Authority will join advisers, lenders and industry figures in Bristol next...
First-time buyers

Targeted deposit scheme could help one million first-time buyers onto housing ladder

A new government-backed deposit scheme could provide a route onto the housing ladder for...
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...
News

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...

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