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Mortgage advice is a crucial part of the financial landscape for many.  Ensuring it is effective must be a core part of the work of

We have been advised that a significant number of firms have received an email earlier this week from the FCA confirming that a permission to

AMI has identified that there may be a potential problem over the activities that some firms have requested when making their application for the consumer

The FCA have today (5 April) released their new business plan and budget including draft fees for the year 2016/17.  

AMI has been a long-term supporter of the principles set out in the Mortgage Market Review, which was fundamental in requiring income to be evidenced

As it now looks like a base rate rise is pushed even further out, lenders will have some tough decisions to make as we progress

Last year, the government announced two major tax changes which will affect buy to let property owners. From 1 April 2016, increased stamp duty land

There has recently been a decision from the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) which sheds further light on the expectations of what an adviser needs to

With the latest quarterly inflation report from the Bank of England and the Monetary Policy Committee voting unanimously to hold rates again, the landscape has

The hiatus over the launch of selfcert.co.uk appears to have subsided as it became clear that the FCA was uncomfortable with the idea and that

Although the implementation date for the Mortgage Credit Directive is 21st March 2016, it is looking increasingly likely that the participants in the second charge

From 15 February 2016 new legislation will introduce a European online dispute resolution (ODR) platform which will allow consumers, traders and alternative dispute resolution providers