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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Vicky Shaw

Regulator pledges ‘swift action’ to support home ownership

FCA chief executive Nikhil Rathi said firms have the flexibility to help more people become homeowners (Jonathan Brady/PA) - (PA Archive)

The City regulator has promised “swift action” to look at ways to make it easier to access a mortgage, including a public discussion on the future of the market to be launched this summer.

In May, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will launch a consultation proposing early ideas to simplify rules, to make it easier to access options such as remortgaging with a new lender and reducing a mortgage term.

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