MMR
Charging
Legal & General Network (LGN) has confirmed plans to freeze its current charges for existing mortgage, protection and general insurance services until January 2014.
25 October 2012
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Equity Release
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has published final rules on mortgage selling, convinced they will "put common sense at the heart of the market" and prevent borrowers taking out unaffordable deals.
25 October 2012
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First time buyers
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has confirmed it is removing the non-advised sales process for mortgages, but has clarified its definition of 'regulated' advice following concerns from lenders.
25 October 2012
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Mortgages
The Post Office is introducing specially trained mortgage specialists in five of its UK branches today.
09 August 2012
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Mortgages
The mortgage industry is still awaiting the Mortgage Market Review (MMR) final rules this summer, but Virgin Money expects its direction to boost lending through intermediaries.
23 May 2012
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Regulation
AIFA has appointed Chris Hannant as policy director, replacing Andrew Strange who left in August.
12 January 2012
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Mortgages
An interest-only mortgage application should be assessed as though it is a capital-and-interest deal, unless there is a "believable" strategy for repaying the loan that does not rely on house price inflation, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has...
19 December 2011
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Mortgages
The Financial Services Authority has outlined plans to ease existing borrowers into new affordability proposals enshrined in the latest Mortgage Market Review consultation paper. proposals.
19 December 2011
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