house in chains

Consumer Credit Act 2006 – concerns for mortgage lenders

4 May, 2007

This spring marks the introduction of the first substantive reforms under the Consumer Credit Act 2006 and radically overhauls and updates many provisions of the Consumer Credit Act 1974. Phil Catchpole reviews the impact of these reforms...

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Money laundering

2 April, 2007

Changes to money laundering regulations are due by the end of this year, and firms will need to look again at their risk of being used for washing dirty money. Neil Hargreaves reports

Person running

E-conveyancing on the move

15 March, 2007

The Land Registry is developing an electronic system of conveyancing that will make buying and selling houses easier for everyone

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Let the lender beware

October 2007

Borrower default and third-party recoveries – lenders litigate at their peril. Confidence in the housing market is evaporating, and those on the fringes, lenders and borrowers alike, will be first to feel the pinch, says Nik Carle

house sat on money

Consumer Credit Act 2006 – concerns for mortgage lenders

May 2007

This spring marks the introduction of the first substantive reforms under the Consumer Credit Act 2006 and radically overhauls and updates many provisions of the Consumer Credit Act 1974. Phil Catchpole reviews the impact of these reforms...