Regulation

Consultation on further housing market powers for BoE

The government has launched a consultation over which powers the Bank of England should...

MMR dampening interest from lower earners

The Q3 2014 Mortgage Search Tracker from Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has found that...

Sesame fined for ‘pay-to-play’ scheme

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Sesame Ltd, the UK’s largest network of...

£4m fine for the Yorkshire

The Financial Conduct Authority has fined Yorkshire Building Society (YBS) £4,135,600 for failings when...

Fleet Mortgages: we’re grasping a real market opportunity

Given that we are on the verge of launching a new lender, one that...

SimplyBiz launches new T&C Scheme

SimplyBiz has unveiled a new Training and Competence Scheme designed to help its...

FCA unveils investment fraud campaign

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a national campaign to warn people about...

Poor communication biggest gripe with estate agents

60% of people that have bought or sold a property in the last five...

Call for transparency with payday loan lead generators

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published its provisional decision on the payday...

Brokers: lenders not using enough tech to combat fraud

50% of mortgage brokers think that greater use of technology by lenders when carrying...

Capital Bridging Finance to offer regulated loans

Capital Bridging Finance has obtained authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to accept...

Wonga not the only one, warns charity

Citizens Advice has warned that not checking if people can afford loans is a...

BoE: Help to Buy working as intended

The Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee has recommended that no changes are needed...

Jury still out over MMR risk assessments

72% of mortgage brokers believe lenders are now too risk averse as a result...

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What the agents say: 2026 housing market predictions

Next year should be a year of steady progress for the housing market. After a challenging 2025 where we saw little to no house...

Graham McClelland on Britain’s broken mortgage market

When Graham McClelland, the youthful and quietly intense chief executive of Gen H, arrived at the City of London office of the fast-growing mortgage...

Younger consumers are ready for protection. So why aren’t we reaching them?

For years, the protection market has assumed that younger adults are less engaged with financial risk planning. Yet the latest findings from Bruised Britain...

The buy-to-let market continues to defy expectations

Perception and reality are often mistaken for one another. That is especially true in the buy-to-let market, where sentiment frequently diverges from what is...

Advisers are missing a clear chance to help clients with survey advice

For years, advisers have often seen surveys as something outside their core work. Some did not know enough about them. Some were unsure how...

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MPs launch inquiry into OBR’s first 15 years

The Treasury Committee has launched an inquiry to reflect on the Office for Budget...

Atom backs investor’s move into commercial property with £3m warehouse loan

Atom bank has completed a £3 million commercial mortgage to support an established residential...

CHL Mortgages widens upper LTV range with new fixed-rate options

CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries has expanded its upper loan-to-value range with a series of...

Swansea Building Society expands West Wales leadership remit

Swansea Building Society has promoted Sioned Jones to area manager, West Wales, with effect...

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