Regulation

Landlords believe Selective Licensing will put off newcomers

74% of landlords believe that if brought into force nationally, Selective Licensing will deter...

FCA boss to outline vision for regulation

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has now been in operation for 100 days. Martin Wheatley,...

Paradigm releases latest MMR planning update

Paradigm Mortgage Services has published the latest instalment in a series of updates designed...

Phones 4u insurance intermediary slapped with multimillion pound fine

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Policy Administration Services Limited (PAS) £2,834,700 for...

Competition Commission to investigate payday lending sector

The Office of Fair Trading will today refer the payday loan industry to the...

MMR focus of next Paradigm round table

Paradigm Mortgage Services' fourth mortgage round table event of the year will provide attendees...

Making light work of the MMR

As mortgage availability improves and last year’s concerns over the threat of dual pricing...

Sale & rent back arranger gets largest ever sole trader fine

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined sale and rent back arranger Gurpreet Singh...

Payday lender rapped for text messages

First Financial (UK) Ltd, trading as FirstPayDayLoanUk, has had three 'issues' upheld against it...

OFT suspends a credit licence for the first time

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has today suspended, with immediate effect, the consumer...

Solvency II could scupper equity release

Those of us that work in the equity release industry are fully aware of...

APFA wants FCA to rethink its fee proposals

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has responded to the Financial Conduct Authority’s...

MAB hires compliance chief

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has appointed Stewart Baker as its new compliance director. He...

Huge fine for Sesame over advice failings

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Sesame Limited (Sesame) £6,031,200 for two sets...
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Income protection: the unsung hero of the cost-of-living crisis

Higher mortgage rates, rising energy costs, and continued inflation have put pressure on many household budgets. Advisers spend time helping customers find the right rate,...

Why rigid credit scoring is locking too many people out of homeownership

Some people don’t fit the mould. That’s always been true in mortgage lending. But the tools used by most lenders to assess borrowers, particularly...

What a bigger market means for brokers

The latest Interpath and BDLA UK Bridging Market Survey confirms what many brokers are already experiencing on the ground, that bridging has hit the...

How social media can bridge the protection disconnect

The latest AMI Protection Viewpoint provided a compelling snapshot of the challenges and opportunities facing the protection market. The research highlights a worrying pattern that...

Opening doors for credit-worthy but overlooked clients

It doesn’t take much these days for a borrower to feel they’ve fallen out of favour with the system. A missed payment here, a...

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banks

HSBC to cut residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates

HSBC UK is reducing rates across a wide range of residential and buy-to-let mortgage...
Buy-to-let

Zephyr Homeloans cuts rates across core buy-to-let offering

Specialist buy-to-let mortgage provider Zephyr Homeloans has unveiled fresh rate reductions across its standard...
Development finance

Roma Finance supports £3.35m Colchester industrial scheme

Roma Finance has provided £3.35 million to fund phase one of a 23-unit industrial...
Appointments

L&G strengthens lender relationships with new strategic appointment

Legal & General’s Mortgage Services business has appointed Vicky Windsor as strategic relationship manager...

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