Mortgage
Comment: Showing clients they matter
When you’re busy, how do you prioritise your work? On the face of it, this seems such a simple question,...
Insurance Watch: Protection picks up the pace
There have been five important updates from the world of protection insurance in recent months, which I shall summarise here....
Govt sets June ban on ground rents
A ban on landlords charging ground rent to leaseholders will come into force on 30 June, the government announced today....
Challenger banks need to improve assessment of financial crime risk: FCA
Challenger banks need to improve how they assess financial crime risk, with some failing to adequately check their customers’ income...
Impact Specialist Finance joins UTB’s BTL packager panel
United Trust Bank (UTB) has appointed Impact Specialist Finance to its newly formed buy-to-let (BTL) packager panel. The appointment will...
Analysis: IDR Waiver Could Offer $211 Billion of Immediate Cancellation for 4.4 Million Borrowers
Coming up with an estimate of how many people could qualify for immediate cancellation under the IDR waiver program announced...
How to Get South Carolina Student Loan Forgiveness
If you attended college in South Carolina, there’s a good chance that you have student loan debt. The Institute for...
Metro Bank changes resi and BTL products and criteria
Metro Bank has made changes to its residential and buy-to-let product ranges and has updated its criteria. The challenger bank...
Consumer protection priority post-Covid : FCA
The Financial Conduct Authority has said consumer protection is its top regulatory priority in a post-Covid world. Other areas of...
HUD Announces Fair Housing Conciliation Agreement With Bank Of America
Housing discrimination comes in many forms. The Fair Housing Act makes it a crime to discriminate against people at any...
Blog: It’s on the house, the value we place on our homes
Legal & General Home Finance chief executive BrownThe UK is famously a nation of proud homeowners. However, there is one...
Third of property professionals have flawed AML checks: Credas
Almost a third of property professionals do not believe their anti-money laundering compliance would stand up to UK customs’ scrutiny,...
