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17 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Despite a more lethargic pandemic property market performance, a recent study by debt advisory specialists, Henry Dannell, has analysed sold price...
12 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Organised crime gangs and fraudsters are now thought to be responsible for up to $2trn a year in money laundering, which...
09 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Savings made during lockdown have allowed some borrowers to reduce their debt commitments, with a record £17.6 billion of mortgages repaid...
18 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Advise Wise has unveiled a brand-new live webinar series in collaboration with the Equity Release Council. The initiative – Good Practice Checklist...
02 February 2021
From: Breaking News

UK buy-to-let lender Landbay has joined the network panel of Commercial Finance Brokers UK (CFBUK). CFBUK is a whole of market commercial...
03 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Landbay, a leading buy-to-let lender, has achieved 5,520% growth in revenue from 2016 to 2020, lending over £0.6 billion during that...
24 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Over the last ten years, the mortgage market in the UK has changed significantly. Alongside increased regulation of the industry, stricter...
30 October 2020
From: Legislation, Regulation & Compliance

Mortgages have not typically been viewed as a high-risk service when it comes to money laundering, but as the practice becomes...
30 October 2020
From: Legislation, Regulation & Compliance

First 4 Bridging (F4B) has extended its services to the North West of England with the appointment of Simon Bancroft as...
06 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A free pilot seminar has been launched to demonstrate how advisers can use websites and social media channels positively. Launched by financial...
22 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Nearly a quarter (23%) of mortgage intermediaries expect that consumers will choose to bypass advice and arrange their mortgage directly with...
31 July 2019
From: Breaking News

MortgageGym is adding four specialist lenders to its online platform for mortgage applicants with lower credit scores. These include Together and Precise...
08 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Asset management specialist Spicerhaart Corporate Sales has joined forces with fact-finding experts Excel and UK law firm TLT to create an...
30 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Mortgage brokerage CLS Money has warned advisers that it’s high time they revisit all of their customers who have struggled to...
25 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The emergence of new digital tools and services is becoming an increasing driver of intermediary mortgage business, according to Intermediary Mortgage...
20 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A staggering £15.4 billion of annual interest is being paid by mortgage borrowers sitting on their lenders’ standard variable rate (SVR),...
23 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Pepper Money has finalised the terms to acquire 100% of the second charge lender, Optimum Credit Ltd. The purchase will see Pepper...
10 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Intelenet Global Services has launched a new ‘Lending Suite’ to help banks generate mortgage offers in as little as 30 minutes. The...
20 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Mortgage intermediaries play an important role in encouraging customers to weigh their options before securing a better deal, according to Paragon. Its...
21 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Legal & General Home Finance has announced a new 5-year partnership agreement with Virgin Money. The alliance will see the retirement lender...
21 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Scottish Building Society has added a retirement interest-only (RIO) mortgage to its range of products for older people. Since the Financial Conduct...
03 August 2018
From: Breaking News

UK mortgage advisers Just Mortgages grew from 13 brokers at the start of 2017 to 81 by the end of the...
16 March 2018
From: Breaking News

The implementation of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May 2018 offers significant benefits for advisers, according to The Society of...
08 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The Association of Short Term Lenders has announced the first two speakers - Lorna O’Brien of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)...
16 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Bank customers are at risk of paying an extra £400 if they chose not to remortgage after their fixed term deal...
01 August 2017
From: Breaking News

MortgageGym.com, which claims to be the world’s only regulated mortgage robo-adviser, will be launched in the UK in the coming months,...
07 April 2017
From: Breaking News

The adviser community has offered broad support to the merits of a standalone equity release qualification, according to a joint survey...
20 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Following the introduction of new lending rules in April 2016, under the Mortgage Market Review (MMR), many banks and building societies...
18 January 2017
From: Breaking News

If the weakened pound and unrest around the continent we sometimes claim to be a part of have combined to put...
30 August 2016
From: Breaking News

A new lender, which is aiming to target older borrowers, has received full regulatory approval from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Mortgages4Life,...
24 August 2016
From: Breaking News

The latest Broker Sentiment Survey by bridging lender MTF has found that delays to mortgage applications have caused brokers the most...
26 July 2016
From: Breaking News

The NACFB’s annual survey results aren’t in yet but there is one prediction I feel I can safely make. The total business...
19 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Paragon Mortgages has begun accepting applications for consumer buy-to-let via its sister brand Mortgage Trust. The buy-to-let specialist’s online application system is...
18 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Each time I find something interesting in the data the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) collects as a by-product...
23 February 2016
From: Sponsored Content

Business Secretary Sajid Javid promised 2016 would be a year of dialling back the bureaucracy. The government, he said, is committed...
11 December 2015
From: 60 Second Interview

Landlords seem to be under attack from all sides of the political divide, as Chancellor George Osborne buy-to-let tax crackdown proceeds...
02 November 2015
From: 60 Second Interview

Brokers and industry specialists have leapt to the defence of equity release following a Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) report suggesting the...
09 September 2015
From: Breaking News

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) is holding an interim conference to support the next set of changes that...
21 August 2015
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will discuss the impact of the EU Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD) on borrowers and brokers at...
07 August 2015
From: Breaking News

The Financial Conduct Authority says that, although most borrowers receive suitable advice, lenders and brokers still have room to improve. The FCA’s...
10 July 2015
From: Breaking News

A large majority of asset finance brokers say that they have found it difficult to gain authorisation from the Financial Conduct...
01 July 2015
From: Breaking News

The British Bankers’ Association is working on a project that ensures small businesses won’t be left out in the cold. Banks will...
25 June 2015
From: 60 Second Interview

Bending over backwards to help borrowers A lot of Introducer Today readers will already be aware of the recent FCA ruling on...
25 June 2015
From: 60 Second Interview

Mortgage sourcing systems – it’s all about accuracy Since the first mortgage sourcing system was built in 1986, their capabilities, not to...