Posts Tagged ‘ FSA ’

FSA takes action against broker

May 31st, 2009 | By admin | Category: Mortgage News

The UK’s financial regulator, the Financial Services Authority, has recently taken action against a mortgage broker that was said to be involved in fraudulent activity.



92% increase in home repossessions in one year

Feb 8th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Mortgage News

During the third quarter of last year the number of people that were losing their homes nearly doubled, according to recent reports.



Fairness deadline issued to lenders

Jan 5th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Mortgage News

Lenders who deal with home loans have been given a fairness deadline, and have been told that they could face hefty fines if they fail to treat customers fairly when it comes to dealing with arrears on home loans. Lenders have been told that they must prove that customers that are in arrears or are [...]



Competition Commission concerned over competition with PPI

Nov 10th, 2008 | By admin | Category: New Articles

The financial news has been filled with stories about problems relating to payment protection insurance or PPI, with evidence that this insurance has been mis-sold to consumers for a number of years, and that lenders were using a range of tactics to try and make borrowers take out this cover when taking out finance.



£30,000 fine for mortgage broker

Oct 29th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Mortgage News

A mortgage broker from the UK has been fined a massive £30,000 by authorities after being accused of giving advice that put consumers at risk during the ongoing global credit crunch and financial crisis. William John Evans, along with a fellow director from Abbey Mortgages, were fined by the Financial Services Authority earlier this month. [...]



FOS still cracking down on loan insurance

Oct 15th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Loan News, New Articles

Although the subject of loan insurance, otherwise known as Payment Protection Insurance or PPI, has been at the centre of heated controversy for some time, this product still continues to attract complaints from customers and concerns from a variety of industry professionals. In fact, the UK’s financial regulator, the Financial Services Authority, and the Financial [...]



FOS and FSA still cracking down on loan insurance

Oct 10th, 2008 | By admin | Category: New Articles

Although the subject of loan insurance, otherwise known as Payment Protection Insurance or PPI, has been at the centre of heated controversy for some time, this product still continues to attract complaints from customers and concerns from a variety of industry professionals. In fact, the UK’s financial regulator, the Financial Services Authority, and the Financial [...]



The importance of seeking mortgage advice

Jun 2nd, 2008 | By admin | Category: Featured Articles

Anyone that is not now aware of the chaos that has engulfed the mortgage lending sector in the UK must have been asleep for the past six months. Since the onset of the global credit crunch last summer the UK’s mortgage lending sector has gone from bad to worse, with the effects of the global [...]



Should brokers have access to all mortgage deals?

May 21st, 2008 | By admin | Category: Featured Articles

One of the traditional ways of finding a suitable mortgage for many people in the UK over recent years has been to go through a broker. Many people who were keen to find the most competitive deal tended to avoid gong from one lender to another in order to browse and compare deals, and get [...]