Tag Result: Financial Policy committee (FPC)
Fixed-rate products may alleviate BTL stress-test fears
Stress-test issues relating to buy-to-let, mooted by the Financial Policy Committee, could...
Buy to let under attack: What’s next for the sector?
The buy-to-let sector was dealt another blow this week when the Prudential Regulation Auth...
IMLA warns against ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach in buy to let
A “one-size-fits-all” approach to buy-to-let underwriting risks dumbing down the marke...
Bank of England imposes higher capital buffers on UK lenders
Investor expectations that banks are suffering weaker profitability has prompted the Bank ...
FPC must demonstrate BTL harm before pulling macro-prudential levers – CML
The CML says it is largely in favour of staving off consumer risk by harnessing macro-prud...
Enterprise and Together see record month ahead of MCD countdown
Second charge broker Enterprise Finance has reported a record month of completions with a ...
What made the news in 2015 – a look back at the biggest stories
The year is almost over and a well deserved break is now upon us, but before we close the ...
Brokers warn over damaging effect of Carney’s buy-to-let controls
Mark Carney’s bid to take control over the setting of the interest coverage ratio if nec...
Carney wants control over buy-to-let interest coverage ratio to protect landlords
Mark Carney wants the Financial Policy Committee (FPC) to be given powers over the interes...
Two major banks warned over stress tests
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Standard Chartered have been warned over the amount of ca...