Regulation

Call for Stamp Duty reform

A major estate agency firm has urged George Osborne to address Stamp Duty in...

Loan firm rapped by ad regulator – again

Cash on Go Ltd, which trades as Peachy.co.uk, has fallen foul of the Advertising...

Chief ombudsman steps down

After nearly four years with the Financial Ombudsman Service, Natalie Ceeney is stepping down...

69% of brokers feel prepared for MMR

69% of brokers now understand the changes they need to make to their business...

Citizens Advice: ban CMC cold calling

Citizens Advice has said fines for claim firms are a step towards protecting consumers...

New fine regime for claims firms

The Government has warned claims firms which use information gathered by unsolicited calls and...

Personal Touch will subsidise members’ regulatory fees

Personal Touch Financial Services has told member firms it intends to subsidise their regulatory...

Paradigm heads to Belfast

Paradigm Mortgage Services is to hold a round table event for directly authorised advisers...

Safran: screen sharing can safeguard MMR sales process

Screen sharing can safeguard the MMR sales process for lenders and advisers through the...

FCA outlines consumer credit fee proposals

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a consultation paper on proposed changes to...

Rabobank gets nine-figure fine over Libor wrongdoings

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Rabobank for serious, prolonged and widespread misconduct...

Swathes of P2P lenders “could be wiped out”

The CEO of Assetz Capital has warned that regulation of the crowdfunding and peer-to-peer...

CML unveils series of online courses

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has launched a series of online courses to help lenders...

Bankhall urges preparedness for Retail Conduct Risk requirements

Bankhall is urging directly authorised (DA) firms to ensure they invest in thorough training...
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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...

Latest news

News

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...
News

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...

PROFILES