Origen goes for Advanced CeMAP

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Wayne Gibbs, head of mortgages at Origen, says all mortgage intermediaries should now start looking beyond the minimum qualifications required to take part in the regulated market as part of industry-wide attempts to boost skillsets and consumer confidence.

This explains why Gibbs and his whole team will be taking the Institute of Financial Services’ (ifs) new advanced mortgager advice qualification Advanced CeMAP, he says. Although a voluntary measure, it is part of a commitment to ensuring Origen’s advisers are on top of issues such as equity release – often in the news for the wrong reasons – Treating Customers Fairly, and to ensure participation in the commercial mortgages sector. These areas make up some of the five core components of the Advanced CeMAP, which are precisely the sorts of areas the industry needs to address in order t...

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