Regulation

Six landbanking firms wound up

Half a dozen firms that scammed the public into investing in plots of agricultural...

HBOS: ‘a manual for bad banking’ says parliament

The Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards has concluded that HBOS would have faced oblivion...

APFA wants FCA fees to reflect adviser numbers

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has called on the upcoming fees paper...

Goodbye FSA, hello FCA

There is a new regulatory structure in place within financial services. The Financial Services Authority...

FCA board confirmed

The Treasury has named the members of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Board. The...

Barriers to entry for new bank entrants relaxed

The FSA and the Bank of England have published the results of their review...

APFA fears big adviser hike in regulator’s budget

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

FCA business plan and risk outlook published

The FSA has published the business plan and risk outlook for the Financial Conduct...

OFT revokes payday lender’s licence

Online payday lender, MCO Capital has had its consumer credit licence revoked by the...

AMI disappointed with CCA move to FCA

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries has criticised the decision to move the responsibilities for...

FOS to speak at ASTL meeting

Peter Bristow, outreach manager from the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS), is to speak at...

OFT outlines guidance on power to suspend credit licences

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has published guidance which sets out how and...

APFA unhappy with proposed FSCS budget hike

In its response to the FSA’s consultation on the Financial Services Compensation Scheme’s management...

Solicitors rapped over free mortgage ad

A firm of solicitors has been told not to repeat a mortgage prize draw...
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Why the human relationship still defines real estate lending

AI is now a core driver of transformation in financial services and is reshaping the foundations of real estate lending. According to AllAboutAI.com over 85%...

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...

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Conveyancing

Movera launches specialist KYC team to speed up property transactions

Movera has established a new dedicated Know Your Client (KYC) team to handle source...
surveying

Surveying industry undervalued in race to the bottom

After a 16-month break from the property industry I returned to find a landscape...
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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...
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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...

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