Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
The Financial Services Authority has warned building societies to further restrain mortgage lending and limit the size of mortgage deals. The move is intended to prevent borrowers from saddling themselves with debt which, while affordable today, could become unsustainable if interest rates were to rise.
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Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Applicants for personal loans or credit cards must ensure that the information held on their credit reference files is up to date, or risk being refused due to incorrect data.
Consumers can request a copy of their credit reference file for £2 from credit reference agencies such as Experian or Equifax, and online applications are also possible. The file must be provided within 7 days.
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Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
The government is to emphasise the need for financial education with the creation of a new body with a specific brief to educate consumers about financial planning.
The creation of the Consumer Financial Education Body (CFEB) was announced in the Financial Services Bill now before parliament and will be staffed by 160 staff drawn mainly from the Financial Capability Division of the Financial Services Authority (FSA).
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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
Good mortgage advice will make the mortgage market a safer place to be for consumers, even if that means encouraging homebuyers to be a little more ‘rational’ with regard to what they can afford, according to the Financial Services Authority (FSA).
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Thursday, November 26th, 2009
Regulation of the buy to let mortgages sector is to be added to the remit of the Financial Services Authority, in a move announced by the Treasury this week.
The Financial Services Authority is also to regulate third parties who buy mortgages from lenders, to provide additional security to mortgage borrowers.
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Thursday, November 26th, 2009
Self-employed workers have been assured that new proposals by the Financial Services Authority will not block them from obtaining a mortgage.
“The FSA’s proposals on self-cert mortgages will not block access to the market for the self-employed,†said Lesley Titcomb of the FSA this week.
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Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has declared war on unacceptable practices in mortgage lending, with a £2.8m fine for GMAC-RFC over what it termed ‘unfair treatment of customers’.  GMAC’s failings included “excessive and unfair†arrears charges for missed mortgage payments on loans, repayment plans that did not always consider a customer’s circumstances, and moving to repossess [...]
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Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
New proposals by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) to regulate mortgage lending will require lenders to refuse mortgage applications that are beyond what the homebuyer can reasonably afford. However, the current FSA proposals stop short of imposing limits on the loan-to-value ratios of mortgages, which relate to the size of the mortgage as a percentage of the value of the property, and would [...]
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