Regulation

FCA publishes consumer guide to MMR

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has produced a short guide that explains the changes...

MMR behind fall in house purchase approvals

House purchase lending eased in March, as lenders tested out their MMR ready systems,...

Paradigm to hold MMR debate via Twitter

Paradigm Mortgage Services is to use social media as a means of widening the...

Paradigm issues eighth MMR update

Paradigm Mortgage Services has launched its latest Mortgage Market Review (MMR) update for advisory...

HMRC issues anti-laundering guidance to estate agents

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has published new guidance to help estate agency businesses...

The Saffron outlines MMR approach

Saffron Building Society claims it will be ready to implement the changes required by...

Blemain backs regulation workshop

Blemain Finance is urging secured loan brokers to attend an event aimed at bringing...

Smee calls for regulator to exercise patience

Paul Smee, the director general of the council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), has urged...

Leeds: we’re MMR-ready from 14 April

Leeds Building Society says it will be compliant with the new regulations under the...

Crown gets FCA permissions

Crown Mortgage Management has been granted permission to offer advice from the FCA. Completing...

FCA to look at time limit for complaints

In its 2014/15 business plan published this morning, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ...

More 2 Life offers MMR webinars

Equity release lender More 2 Life is holding a series of webinars ahead of...

Advisers optimistic about MMR

91% of mortgage advisers feel they are either prepared or very prepared for the...

£12.4m FCA fine for Santander UK

Santander UK Plc has been fined £12,377,800 by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) after...
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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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Chancellor presses lenders to expand support for borrowers ahead of rate resets

The government has secured fresh commitments from major lenders to step up engagement with...
Building Societies

Suffolk BS tops £800m in mortgage assets after strong 2025 growth

Suffolk Building Society has passed £800m of mortgage assets for the first time after...
criteria

UTB eases mortgage and second charge processes with criteria changes

United Trust Bank (UTB) has introduced a series of service and criteria changes across...
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Foundation returns with revised buy-to-let and residential mortgage range

Foundation has returned to the market with a revised product range across both buy-to-let...

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