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July 2023 marks the second anniversary of Consumer Duty, the FCA’s tentpole regulation designed to set higher standards for ...
Raising borrowers’ mortgage loan-to-income limits without the UK boosting its housing supply risks raising house prices, ...
Private renters have seen a greater increase in their monthly housing costs since 2022 than mortgaged homeowners, Zoopla ...
The Co-operative Bank for Intermediaries has cut selected residential rates by up to 19 basis points, with lower options ...
Suffolk Building Society has joined Mortgage Broker Tools’ platform, marking the mutual’s inclusion on almost every sourcing ...
Finova has appointed Gareth Richardson as its new chief executive officer. Richardson brings experience in banking and ...
Spicerhaart Corporate Sales has appointed David Hunter as client account manager. Hunter brings almost four decades of ...
The Equity Release Council is set to launch a practitioner toolkit in November this year, which is designed to embed vulnerability best practice across the distribution chain. The document will ...
Inheritance tax receipts between April and June lifted 4.8% to £2.2bn, compared to the same record period a year ago, according to the latest HMRC data.   The data body adds that the tax on this take ...
Stamp Taxes receipts for April 2025 to June 2025 were £4.6bn, which is £0.4bn higher than the same period last year. This is according to the latest stamp duty figures from HMRC. In June alone buyers ...
Borrowers will be able to remortgage their homes without seeking advice from a broker, saving them “time and money,” says the Financial Conduct Authority under changes confirmed today.   The move, ...
The average price of property coming to the market for sale has dropped by 1.2% in July to £373,709, the latest Rightmove ...