Regulation

CML Wales chair wants collaboration with government

The chair of the CML in Wales has expressing the importance of collaboration between...

Rogue claims management firms targeted

A pair of claims firms suspected of making thousands of nuisance calls and ripping...

Warning sounded over pay rate BTL

Simon Bayley, commercial director at Foundation Home Loans, has questioned whether the next affordability bubble...

Hamptons Estates’ ad misleading, rules watchdog

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has told Hampton Estates that an online advert outlining...

Paragon: decline in landlords’ purchasing intentions

Landlords are strengthening their credit profiles as they shift investment away from new acquisitions...

IMLA sounds warning over Basel proposals

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has warned that housing associations and homebuyers with...

Life & pensions sector to contribute more to FSCS

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) will levy £337m in the financial year 2016/17,...

Scrutiny for parliament over FCA CEO appointment

George Osborne has written to Andrew Tyrie MP, the Chairman of the Treasury Committee,...

Secured loans now faster following cooling-off cull

The implementation of the Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD) has led to increased competitiveness for...

Seconds distributor on CeMAP track

Second charge distributor Fluent Money says it is set to have all 85 of its client-facing...

Tracey McDermott to leave the FCA

Tracey McDermott, acting chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to leave...

LLA responses to FCA’s ageing population paper

The Later Life Academy (LLA) has submitted its response to the FCA Discussion Paper (DP16-1),...

LIBOR submitter banned by FCA

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned Paul White from performing any function in...

FCA approves change of control for Everyday Loans

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has given the green light for Non Standard Finance...
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COMMENT

networks

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

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Technology

Phoebus completes latest SOC 2 Type II assessment

Phoebus Software has renewed its SOC 2 Type II attestation after KPMG assessed the...
First-time buyers

Low-deposit mortgage lending climbs 38% to £24.7bn

Mortgage lending at loan-to-value ratios above 90% rose sharply over the past year as...
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Stonebridge reports sharp rise in protection policies placed in trust

The proportion of protection policies being placed in trust has risen substantially over the...
News

Countrywide Surveying adds 35 newly qualified surveyors in 2026

Countrywide Surveying Services has added 35 newly qualified surveyors to its workforce so far...

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