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25/10/2012
FSA To Introduce New Mortgage Loans In 2014
Tougher rules on UK mortgage lending will be introduced in 2014, later than expected, the City regulator has confirmed.
Under new rules from the Financial Services Authority (FSA) lenders will have to put a borrower's ability to repay under greater scrutiny.
This is being done in an effort to stop a resurgence in risky mortgage lending seen during the last housing boom in the UK.
Under the proposals, which went through consultation, the rules had been expected to come into force in the summer of 2013, but have now been put back to April 2014.
"We recognise that many lenders are now using a far more sensible set of lending criteria than before, but it is important that these common sense principles are hard-wired into the system to protect borrowers," said Martin Wheatley, managing director of the FSA.
"We want borrowers to feel confident that poor practices of the past, which led to hardship and anxiety, are not repeated."
(H/CD)
Under new rules from the Financial Services Authority (FSA) lenders will have to put a borrower's ability to repay under greater scrutiny.
This is being done in an effort to stop a resurgence in risky mortgage lending seen during the last housing boom in the UK.
Under the proposals, which went through consultation, the rules had been expected to come into force in the summer of 2013, but have now been put back to April 2014.
"We recognise that many lenders are now using a far more sensible set of lending criteria than before, but it is important that these common sense principles are hard-wired into the system to protect borrowers," said Martin Wheatley, managing director of the FSA.
"We want borrowers to feel confident that poor practices of the past, which led to hardship and anxiety, are not repeated."
(H/CD)
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Gross UK mortgage lending in the UK reached a total of £143bn in 2012, with £11.7bn being lent in December alone. According to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) the total is £2bn higher than 2011, and greater availability of mortgages at cheaper rates at the end of the year mean a continued pick-up is expected.
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