Mortgage Strategy
21 June 2010
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Mental cost of debt must be addressed
21 June 2010
JOHN FAIRHURST MANAGING DIRECTOR PAYPLAN
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60 Seconds with.....Gary Little
21 June 2010
GARY LITTLE HEAD OF KEY ACCOUNTS, ASSURANT INTERMEDIARY
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A CGT hike would hit share trading harder than B2L
21 June 2010
With regard to the potential impact of the government upping Capital Gains Tax, the issue is broader than the effect this might have on the buy-to-let market.
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A green focus can cut costs for firms
21 June 2010
RICHARD SEXTON DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT E.SURV
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AMI approves of FSA register
25 Jun 2010
The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries is backing the Financial Services Authority’s approved persons register.
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Anti-green Simon White doesn't know what he's on about
21 June 2010
I was interested to read Simon White’s recent column headlined ’Hot air spouted on green issues is a waste of energy’ (Mortgage Strategy June 7).
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Banks should boost savings to pay back government loans, says BSA
21 June 2010
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Banned broker's clients could get compensation
21 June 2010
The Financial Services Authority says customers of mortgage broker Ashok Sharma of Ash Commercials (UK) Limited may be able to claim compensation for being mis-sold mortgages.
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Brokers will pay for a game of musical chairs at regulator
21 June 2010
While most will celebrate the demise of the FSA, the Bank will need to expand to cope with a greater workload, and where will it get its new staff from?Of course, those paid off by the FSA will be the first port of call.So it could be redundancy payments one week and new jobs with the Bank the next, all paid for by the IFA community.NAME AND ADDRESS SUPPLIED
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CAN YOU HAVE A POP TO WIN THIS BOTTLE OF MIGHTY FINE CHAMPAGNE?
21 June 2010
Safe&Secure’s Jason Berry celebrates after finishing a recent triathlon
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Chris Cummings steps down from trade body roles
21 June 2010
Chris Cummings, director-general of the Association of Independent Financial Advisers and the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries, announced his resignation last week.
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Cloud looming over B2L's sunny future
21 June 2010
GUY GARRARD HEAD OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT TIUTA
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CML criticises FSA's approved persons register
25 Jun 2010
The Council of Mortgage Lenders has criticised the extension of the Financial Services Authority approved persons register as unnecessarily costly for lenders.
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Concern over future of regulation as Osborne calls time on the FSA
21 June 2010
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Court order puts claims company into liquidation
21 June 2010
Cartel Client Review was placed into compulsory liquidation at the Royal Courts of Justice last week.
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Easing the burden of software support
21 June 2010
SOPHIE HALL DIRECTOR OF DISTRIBUTION INTELLIFLO
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End of the FSA will be like waking up after a nightmare
21 June 2010
When I saw the announcement last week that the Financial Services Authority is to be phased out by 2012 all I could think was - at last.
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Ensure landlords get the best out of their investment
21 June 2010
Brokers are well placed to add value for their buy-to-let clients by providing ongoing advice as well as good deals
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Equity release and the value of advice
21 June 2010
JON KING MANAGING DIRECTOR HODGE LIFETIME
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Fairness to clients must be central to company culture
21 June 2010
Lenders and servicers must have robust procedures in place to deliver on TCF in a consistent manner
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Farewell to the bad image of rent-back
21 June 2010
PETE THOMSON MANAGING DIRECTOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY SOLUTIONS
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Flexible clients will see tracker benefits
21 June 2010
STEVEN MARKS INTERMEDIARY SERVICES EXECUTIVE NEWCASTLE BUILDING SOCIETY
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Fraudsters seem able to mislead lenders with ease
21 June 2010
It never ceases to amaze me how simple it is for criminals to fool lenders into handing over large amounts of dough
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Getting to grips with the enemy within
21 June 2010
Insider fraud is being fuelled by growing numbers of desperate employees who have fallen on hard times, leaving organisations at the risk of having their reputation and businesses left in tatters
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Giving whole-of-market advice works fine forme
21 June 2010
I disagree with Mike Jones’ letter headlined ’Offering whole-of-market service cheapens brokers’ (Mortgage Strategy June 7) concerning selling both broker and direct products.
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Gross mortgage lending rose to £11.3bn in March
21 June 2010
Gross mortgage lending rose 7% in May to an estimated total of £11.3bn, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders.
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Hodge pulls back from new equity release lending
21 June 2010
Hodge Lifetime is to focus on its pensions and annuity business, and rein in new equity release lending.
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Interest-only jitters
21 June 2010
Recent tightening of interest-only criteria has led some in the industry to fear that such deals are being weeded out
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LAST WEEK’S WINNER
21 June 2010
ROGER MORRIS AFFIRMATIVE FINANCE “The mortgage industry remakes the classic film Broker Back Mountain.”
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Leeds BS launch shared ownership deal
25 Jun 2010
Leeds Building Society is launching a shared ownership mortgage product designed to help first-time buyers.
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Let's help landlords fill the housing gap
21 June 2010
CHARLES MORLEY HEAD OF SALES AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT KENSINGTON
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Little will change when Sants takes up his role at Bank
21 June 2010
I was delighted by the news that the FSA is to be scrapped and its chief executive Hector Sants is to go to the Bank of England, but with Sants still running the show why does anyone think things will change?
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marketwatch
21 June 2010
Fretting about the Bank of England capping mortgages is a waste of time as it is already effectively doing this by refusing to extend its support schemes for the industry
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Martin Reynolds in Mortgageforce consultancy role
21 June 2010
Martin Reynolds, who quit as director of business development at PMS in March, has joined Mortgageforce as a consultant.
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Media Spotlight: Making Strategy Work - Harvard Business Press
21 June 2010
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Metro Bank will open two London branches in July
21 June 2010
Metro Bank, the first UK high street lender to launch since the 19th century, will open for business on July 29.
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Mortgage-related online searches by consumers plunged 63% in Q1
21 June 2010
Online searches for mortgage-related products nosedived 63% in Q1 2010, falling from 3.2 million in January to 1.2 million in April.
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National fraud body probes advance fee malpractice
21 June 2010
The National Fraud Authority is investigating advance fee fraud in the commercial finance industry, thanks to the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers.
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Openwork launch campaign to help move from interest-only
25 Jun 2010
Openwork is launching a campaign encouraging interest-only borrowers to switch to a capital and repayment loan.
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Property fraud on the increase, claims SRA
21 June 2010
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has already received 222 reports of suspected mortgage and property fraud in the first five months of the year.
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Property prices rise but first-time buyer numbers fall
21 June 2010
House prices are 10% higher than in April 2009, with first-time buyers at their lowest level since 2007.
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Scottish Widows tightens criteria on interest-only
21 June 2010
Scottish Widows Bank has followed in the footsteps of other lenders and restricted its interest-only lending.
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Securitisation still on the back burner
21 June 2010
ALAN CLEARY MANAGING DIRECTOR EXACT AND PRECISE MORTGAGES
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Service benefits of more competition
21 June 2010
BOB HUNT CHIEF EXECUTIVE PARADIGM MORTGAGE SERVICES
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Spending cuts could be catastrophic for affordable housing, claims NHF
21 June 2010
Affordable house building is set to fall to its lowest level for 20 years because of spending cuts and planning changes, the National Housing Federation claims.
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Spicerhaart to contest watchdog's ruling on advert
21 June 2010
Spicerhaart plans to appeal against a decision by the Advertising Stan-dards Authority to ban another of its advertisements.
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The end of advance fee fraud is in sight
21 June 2010
ADAM TYLER CHIEF EXECUTIVE NACFB
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The mortgage mole
21 June 2010
DIGGING THE DIRT IN THE MORTGAGE WORLD…
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The regulator's new clothes
21 June 2010
The news last Wednesday that the Financial Services Authority will be scrapped by 2012 no doubt brought a cheer from many in the mortgage industry.
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The tricky task of balancing housing supply and demand
21 June 2010
The end of HIPs boosted the number of houses for sale but the buyer side of the equation remains fragile
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Those who trained for HIPs should be given compensation
21 June 2010
An open letter to Prime Minister David Cameron
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Threat of ban still hangs over some types of loans
21 June 2010
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Vow to care for your clients, old and new
21 June 2010
JEFF KNIGHT MANAGING DIRECTOR TONIC MARKETING SOLUTIONS
