This week’s top five stories:
1) British Mortgage Awards 2014: all the winners
The British Mortgage Awards 2014 took place in central London last night and Mortgage Solutions can round up all the winners from the evening.
2) Warning on ‘call-back’ phone scam targeting advisers
LifeQuote is warning any adviser that offers a call back service to beware of an increase in 070 phone scams.
3) HMRC property raids jump 12% in bid to expose tax dodgers
Property searches by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) to target tax evasion jumped by 12% to 500 in the last year, according to official data obtained by law firm Pinsent Masons.
4) Maria Harris appointed intermediary mortgage boss for digital bank
Ex-Lloyds head of national accounts Maria Harris has been appointed to head up the intermediary mortgage sales division at yet-to-launch fully-online provider, Atom Bank.
5) FCA to scrutinise mid-deal lender changes to mortgage contracts
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a consultation into the fairness of contract changes to regulated consumer mortgages, part-way through agreed deals.
Here are some stories you may have missed:
Breaking the sourcing system duopoly – Mortgage27
It is common knowledge that for many years now, lenders have been paying the providers of mortgage sourcing systems to display their products, writes James Tucker.
Payday loan customers must face up to ‘shame factor’ – FOS
Payday loan customers must face up to the ‘shame factor’ and seek help with their debt worries, the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has urged.
Has London property hit an affordability cap?
Jonathan Hudson, managing director, Hudsons Property based in London’s Belgravia asks has the Capital finally hit a price ceiling.
British Mortgage Awards 2014 – in pictures
Mortgage Solutions rounds up the best snaps from the British Mortgage Awards 2014.
Direct channel feels force of MMR slowdown – LSL
The announcement by the FPC recently of its additional measures to cap loan-to-income multiples and to impose a 3% increase in rates on the stress testing calculations seems a little premature, writes David Copland.
