Regulation

Rate Shock analysis unveiled by Mortgage Brain

Mortgage Brain has launched a Rate Shock analysis capability to help brokers to identify...

AMI, CML and IMLA issue updated industry guide

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI), the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) and the...

PMS publishes MMR guide for consumers

PMS has produced a consumer guide helping advisers update their customers about the changes...

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) ...
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COMMENT

Stamp Duty

Cutting stamp duty will make the housing crisis worse

Every time the housing market stalls the same thing happens and people call for stimulus, this time: abolish stamp duty. The logic feels intuitive -...

The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

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Appointments

TAB promotes Bonner to chief risk officer

Specialist lender TAB has appointed Jack Bonner as chief risk officer as it continues...
Building Societies

Skipton BS lowers residential rates

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across parts of its residential mortgage range from...
News

AMI refreshes brand to reflect advice, mortgages and insurance focus

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries has launched a brand refresh intended to reflect its...
News

IMLA guide explains why fixed mortgage rates can rise before Bank Rate moves

IMLA has published a report and five-minute guide to help advisers explain how swap...

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