Regulation

Research highlights impact of MMR

45% of people who planned to buy a property since the introduction of the...

PFS worried by rising regulatory costs

Personal Finance Society chief executive, Keith Richards, has once again called for a review...

APFA wants phone recording ‘common sense’

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has submitted its response to the FCA’s...

PPI update from the regulator

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued an update on PPI. In January, the FCA...

PFS calls for level playing field

The chief executive of the Personal Finance Society, Keith Richards, has re-iterated the society’s call...

FCA: poor insurance claims experience for SMEs

A review of insurance claims handling for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by the Financial...

iZone Software unveils secured loan processing system

iZone Software, the newly launched software division of Brilliant Group, has launched a fully compliant...

Principality seeking £700m bid for Nemo

It has been reported that the Principality Building Society is looking to sell its...

Warning sounded at smaller equity release advisers

Key Partnerships has warned that advisers completing small numbers of equity release cases a...

Lack of clarity in GI payment options

A review by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has found that insurers and insurance...

Labour to announce FTB and rent control initiatives

Ed Miliband will today outline Labour's pledge to scrap stamp duty for first-time buyer...

MMR has caused changes in spending habits

Research by MoneySuperMarket suggest that prospective borrowers are changing their spending habits in a...

SME insurance broker fined by regulator

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Moorhouse Group £159,300 for failures in relation...

Smart Money backs FCA’s volte face

Smart Money has welcomed the FCA’s move to no longer require second charge lenders...
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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...
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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...

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