THE surge in the rates charged by sub-prime lenders is set to inject more urgency into plans to regulate the sub-prime sector in this country. The Financial Regulator recently asked the Department of ...

Cents & Nonsense:Fresh meat is needed to feed the insatiable appetite of the international abattoir of debt. Our Government has been waving a big juicy carcass in the air - your mortgages - for some ...

The government is introducing new legislation to regulate the sub-prime mortgage sector, which has been at the centre of controversy during the recent global credit crunch.

An investors view:A combination of reasonable credit quality and higher profit margins makes the sub-prime mortgage market attractive for providers such as Fire and Start The tiny IEX listed Finance ...

The company behind sub-prime lender Stepstone Mortgages posted an operating profit according to its latest accounts despite the downturn in the Irish property market and the collapse of its ultimate ...

The FBI's investigation of 14 corporations in a crackdown on improper sub-prime lending could expand to other companies, but the complex probes may take some time before any charges are brought, ...

Bank of England deputy governor Sam Woods is confident that post-Great Financial Crisis rules have fixed the banking system. One might question whether it was Swiss national pride, rather than ‘living ...

Hundreds of arrests have been made in the US as part of an FBI crackdown on sub-prime mortgage fraud. The US Department of Justice has also revealed it has made over 300 arrests in an ongoing ...