ICO Guidance
ICO has published a blog on Subject Access Requests, along with guidance for firms carrying out direct marketing using live calls…
Government reverses decision to repeal payroll working reforms (IR35)
Originally announced as part of the mini-budget, government made a ‘U-turn’ and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt recently confirmed the planned changes to IR35 will not be going ahead…
Leaseholders may face legal restrictions on working from home
A senior lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University Law School has warned that many leasehold and some freehold titles contain covenants that forbid the use of residential property ‘for the purposes of trade or business’…
Redress payments halve for mortgage businesses
The FCA’s latest Complaints Data has revealed that mortgage businesses paid out less than half the amount in redress in the first half of 2022 than they did over the same period the year before…
Help to Buy Closure – FAQs
The Help to Buy scheme officially closes to new applicants today (31st October) at 6pm. The government has issued guidance on the future milestones for buyers to be aware of…
Update from the National Custom and Self Build Association (NaSBA)
On Right to Build Day NaSBA published a letter calling out unfair practices by a minority of local authorities placing unreasonable financial tests on anyone wanting to sign their local Right to Build register…
FOS Cases of interest to Mortgage Intermediary Firms
The following recent FOS cases may be of interest to mortgage intermediary firms – read the full details plus AMI’s comment…
AMI Lobbying Win
As a direct result of AMI lobbying, the FCA announced last week (27 October 2022) that it would be extending the deadline for principal firms to submit data on their ARs/IARs…
AMI Launches Two New Industry Websites
We are delighted to share with you two new websites AMI has launched this month aimed at everyone working in the broker community and the wider mortgage sector…
Green Mortgage Advice
The industry is pulling together to drive collective action in the fight against climate change, and we at AMI are playing our part by establishing greenmortgageadvice.uk in collaboration with the Mortgage Climate Action Group (MCAG) and the Green Finance Institute (GFI)…
