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MCOB 2.4.1GRP
The purpose of MCOB 2.4 is to remind firms of the relevance of the high level standards in PRIN, especially with regard to the use of sales methods that may lead a customer to feel pressurised to enter into, or vary, a regulated mortgage contract.
MCOB 2.4.2GRP
Principle 6 (Customers' interests) requires that a firm must pay due regard to the interests of its customers and treat them fairly. This means, for example, that a firm should avoid selling practices that commit customers (or lead customers to believe that they are committed) to any regulated mortgage contract before they have been able to consider the illustration and offer document. One such practice might be to present a new customer with an illustration, offer document and
MCOB 2.4.3GRP
Principle 7 (Communications with clients) requires that a firm must pay due regard to the information needs of its clients, and communicate information to them in a way which is clear, fair and not misleading. This means, for example, that a firm should avoid giving any customer a false impression about the availability of a regulated mortgage contract, such as describing it as a 'special offer' not available after a certain date unless this is really the case.
MCOB 13.1.4RRP
The requirements in MCOB 13 will continue to apply to a firm after a regulated mortgage contract has come to an end following the sale of a repossessed property. References in this chapter to "customer" will include references to a former customer as appropriate.
MCOB 13.1.6GRP
A firm may have entered into a mix of regulated mortgage contracts and non-regulated mortgage contracts with a customer secured on the same property. In such circumstances, if the regulated mortgage contract is in arrears, notwithstanding that the overall position in respect of the mortgages generally is not in arrears, the firm will need to comply with all the requirements of MCOB 13 in respect to the regulated mortgage contract. Where this involves providing the customer with
MCOB 13.1.7GRP
If a firm has entered into more than one regulated mortgage contract with the same customer secured onthe same property, the firm may treat all of the regulated mortgage contracts as one for the purposes of MCOB 13.
MCOB 7.1.4RRP
This chapter applies in relation to further advances and other variations (as specified in MCOB 7.6.7 R - MCOB 7.7.4 R) regardless of whether they are variations to an existing regulated mortgage contract or are such that they involve the customer entering into a new regulated mortgage contract.
MCOB 7.1.5RRP
This chapter also applies in relation to regulated mortgage contracts in circumstances where the original mortgage lender has passed on ownership of the loan to a third party through securitisation. In such a case, the rules in MCOB 7.5 - MCOB 7.7.4 R will apply to the firm which administers the regulated mortgage contract.
MCOB 7.1.8RRP
In relation to a regulated lifetime mortgage contract, this chapter MCOB 7 is modified by MCOB 9 (Lifetime mortgages: product disclosure).1
MCOB 8.1.4RRP
(1) MCOB 4.4 (Initial disclosure requirements) (as modified by MCOB 8) applies only in relation to varying the terms of a regulated lifetime mortgage contract entered into by the customer in any of the following ways:(a) adding or removing a party;(b) taking out a further advance; or(c) switching all or part of the regulated lifetime mortgage contract from one interest rate to another.1(2) Otherwise, this chapter, MCOB 8, applies in relation to any form of variation of a regulated
MCOB 13.6.3RRP
A firm must ensure that, as soon as possible after the sale of a repossessed property, if the proceeds of sale are less than the amount of the customer's debt, the customer is informed in a durable medium of:(1) the mortgage shortfall debt; and(2) where relevant, the fact that the mortgage shortfall debt may be pursued by another company (for example, a mortgage indemnity insurer).
MCOB 13.6.4RRP
(1) If the decision is made to recover the mortgage shortfall debt, the firm must ensure that the customer is notified of this intention.(2) The notification referred to in (1) must take place within five years of the date of the sale (if the regulated mortgage contract is subject to Scottish law) or within six years (in all other cases).
MCOB 13.6.6RRP
A firm must ensure that, on the sale of a repossessed property, if the proceeds of sale are more than the amount of the customer's debt, reasonable steps are taken, as soon as possible after the sale, to inform the customer in a durable medium of the surplus and, subject to the rights of any subsequent mortgage or charge holders, to pay it to him.
MCOB 6.5.1RRP
If a firm makes an offer to a customer with a view to entering into a regulated mortgage contract, it must provide the customer, along with the offer document, with a tariff of charges that could be incurred on the regulated mortgage contract.
MCOB 6.5.2RRP
If the regulated mortgage contract has any linked borrowing or linked deposits, details of the charges on these linked facilities, for example charges payable on a linked current account, must be included in the firm'stariff of charges.
MCOB 6.5.6RRP
If a firm makes an offer to a retail customer with a view to entering into a regulated mortgage contract a which is a distance contract, it must provide the retail customer with the following information with the offer document:(1) the EEA State or States whose laws are taken by the firm as a basis for the establishment of relations with the customer prior to the conclusion of the regulated mortgage contract;(2) any contractual clause on law applicable to the regulated mortgage
MCOB 7.4.1RRP
(Subject to MCOB 7.7.5 R) a firm that enters into a regulated mortgage contract with a customer must provide the customer with the following information before the customer makes the first payment under that regulated mortgage contract:1(1) the amount of the first payment required;(2) the amount of the subsequent payment(s) if different from the first payment;(3) the method by which the payment will be collected (for example, by direct debit) and the date of collection of the
MCOB 7.4.3GRP
In the case of a regulated mortgage contract under which the loan is advanced to the customer in separate tranches, the amount required under MCOB 7.4.1 R(1) will be the repayment relating to the first tranche. The amount(s) required under MCOB 7.4.1 R(2) will need to reflect the fact that when each subsequent tranche is advanced, the payment that the customer will need to make will change.
MCOB 7.4.4RRP
(1) A firm must make and retain an adequate record of the information that it provides to each customer at the start of the regulated mortgage contract in accordance with this section.(2) The record required by (1) must be maintained for a year from the date that the information is provided to the customer.
MCOB 6.1.3RRP
This chapter applies with respect to an offer made by a firm to a customer with a view to the firm:(1) entering into a regulated mortgage contract; or(2) varying the terms of a regulated mortgage contract entered into by the customer in any of the following ways:(a) adding or removing a party;(b) making a further advance; or(c) switching all or part of the regulated mortgage contract from one interest rate to another;1(whether or not the customer agrees to enter into the regulated
MCOB 6.1.4RRP
In relation to a regulated lifetime mortgage contract, this chapter, MCOB 6, is modified by MCOB 9 (Lifetime mortgages: product disclosure).2
MCOB 12.5.2RRP
A firm must ensure that its charges to a customer in connection with the firmentering into or making a further advance on a regulated mortgage contract or administering a regulated mortgage contract or arranging or advising on a regulated mortgage contract or a variation to the terms of a regulated mortgage contract are not excessive.
MCOB 6.7.1RRP
(1) Where the regulated mortgage contract is for a business purpose, a firm may choose to provide a customer with a business offer document instead of the offer document referred to in MCOB 6.4.1 R.(2) If a firm provides a customer with a business offer document in accordance with (1), it must ensure that:(a) an updated business illustration, as required by MCOB 5.7 (Pre-application disclosure for business loans), forms part of the business offer document; and(b) subject to the
MCOB 6.7.3GRP
A firm may supplement the first paragraph of text prescribed in MCOB 6.4.4 R (5)(a) to clarify that, while the regulated mortgage contract is not binding until the relevant mortgage document has been signed and funds have been released, the business offer document may form part of a wider set of negotiated facilities and that the customer is separately bound by these.
MCOB 4.5.1GRP
(1) There are certain additional disclosure requirements laid down by the Distance Marketing Directive that will have to be provided by a mortgage intermediary to a retail customer prior to the conclusion of a distance mortgage mediation contract. The purpose of this section, MCOB 4.5, is to set out those additional requirements. MCOB 4.6 sets out the cancellation rights that apply in relation to a distance mortgage mediation contract.3(2) The FSA expects the requirements in MCOB
MCOB 4.5.2RRP
If the initial contact of a kind in MCOB 4.4.1 R (1) is with a retail customer with a view to concluding a distance mortgage mediation contract.2, a firm must:(1) in addition to the initial disclosure informationrequired by MCOB 4.4.1 R (1)(c) and any other required information, provide the retail customer with the information in MCOB 4 Annex 3 in a durable medium in good time before the conclusion of the distance mortgage mediation contract with that customer unless an exemption
MCOB 4.5.3GRP
(1) The information in MCOB 4 Annex 3 will be provided in 'good time' for the purposes of MCOB 4.5.2 R (1), if provided in sufficient time to enable the customer to consider properly the services on offer.(2) An example of the circumstances in which MCOB 4.5.2 R (4) or (5) may apply is given in MCOB 4.4.4 G. If the initial disclosure document and accompanying information (including that in MCOB 4 Annex 3) was previously provided to a customer and continues to be appropriate, there
MCOB 4.6.1GRP
A retail customer has no right to cancel a regulated mortgage contract concluded with a firm but may have a right to cancel a distance contract concluded with a mortgage intermediaryfor the provision of his services. Whether a mortgage intermediary or a home purchase intermediary concludes a distance mortgage mediation contractwith a retail customer will depend on the circumstances. For example, an intermediary may not, in advising on or arranging a regulated mortgage contract,
MCOB 4.6.4RRP
(1) A retail customer has a right to cancel a distance mortgage mediation contractin accordance with this section.(2) The right to cancel must be exercised within 14 days beginning on the later of:(a) the day of the conclusion of the contract; or(b) the day on which the retail customer receives the contractual terms and conditions and other information required by MCOB 4.4 and MCOB 4.5.
MCOB 4.6.5RRP
A retail customer who has a right to cancel a distance mortgage mediation contractmay, without giving any reason, cancel the contract by serving notice on the firm, before the expiry of the cancellation period in MCOB 4.6.4 R either:(1) by serving on, or otherwise sending by post, notice to the firm's last known address, addressed to the firm, its appointed representative or on any agent of the firm with authority to accept notice on the firm's behalf; or(2) in accordance with
MCOB 5.1.4GRP
The table in MCOB 5.1.5 G shows how the relevant rules and guidance in MCOB 5.6 apply to certain types of regulated mortgage contracts.
MCOB 5.1.9GRP
Where part of the loan is not a regulated mortgage contract, for example it is a linked unsecured loan, the details of this loan can be shown in Section 12 of the illustration as an additional feature. It should not be added to the regulated mortgage contract loan amount in MCOB 5.6.6 R(2).
MCOB 5.1.10GRP
A firm that finds any rule in MCOB 5.6 (Content of illustrations) inappropriate for the particular kind of regulated mortgage contract that the mortgage lender provides will need to seek from the FSA a waiver of that rule. SUP 8 contains details of the waiver procedure.
MCOB 1.3.4RRP
(1) The rules in (2) do not apply to a firm with respect to an activity exclusively concerning a distance contract if the following conditions are satisfied:(a) the firm carries on the activity from an establishment maintained by the firm in an EEA State other than the United Kingdom; and(b) either the EEA State:(i) has implemented the DMD; or(ii) has obligations in its domestic law corresponding to those provided for by the DMD;and, in either case, with the result that the obligations
MCOB 1.3.5GRP
Parts of MCOB relate to distance contracts (or distance mortgage mediation contracts) with retail customers. These expressions are derived from the Distance Marketing Directive, and the following paragraphs provide some guidance to firms on their meaning:(1) Retail customerThe Distance Marketing Directive applies for distance contracts with 'any natural person who is acting for purposes which are outside his trade, business or profession', for which the term 'retail customer'
MCOB 9.5.1RRP
(1) MCOB 6.1 to MCOB 6.6 (with the modifications stated in MCOB 9.5.2 R to MCOB 9.5.4 R) apply to a mortgage lender where the regulated mortgage contract is a regulated lifetime mortgage contract.(2) The table in MCOB 9.5.2 R shows how the relevant rules and guidance in MCOB 6 must be modified by replacing the cross-references with the relevant cross-references to rules and guidance in MCOB 9.4, and MCOB 9.5.(3) The table in MCOB 9.5.3 R replaces certain rules and guidance in
MCOB 9.5.4RRP
The illustration provided as part of the offer document in accordance with MCOB 6.4.1 R(1) must meet the requirements of MCOB 9.4, with the following modifications:(1) the illustration must be suitably adapted and revised to reflect the fact that the firm is making an offer to a customer and updated to reflect changes to, for example, the interest rate, charges, the exchange rate or the APR required by MCOB 10 (Annual Percentage Rate) at the date the illustration is issued;(2)
MCOB 9.6.1RRP
(1) MCOB 7.1 to MCOB 7.3, MCOB 7.5 and MCOB 7.6 (with the modifications stated in MCOB 9.6.2 R to MCOB 9.6.4 R) apply to a firm where the regulated mortgage contract is a regulated lifetime mortgage contract.(2) The table in MCOB 9.6.2 R shows how the relevant rules and guidance in MCOB 7 must be modified by replacing the cross-references with the relevant cross-references to rules and guidance in MCOB 9.4 to MCOB 9.8.(3) The table in MCOB 9.6.3 R replaces certain rules and guidance
MCOB 9.6.4RRP

Table of rules in MCOB 7 which do not apply in relation to regulated lifetime mortgage contracts:

This table belongs to MCOB 9.6.1R.

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Rule

Annual statements: content

MCOB 7.5.4R

Business loans

MCOB 7.7

MCOB 4.1.4RRP
(1) MCOB 4.4 (Initial disclosure requirements) applies only in relation to varying the terms of a regulated mortgage contract entered into by the customer in any of the following ways:(a) adding or removing a party;(b) taking out a further advance; or(c) switching all or part of the regulated mortgage contract from one interest rate to another.1(2) Otherwise, this chapter, MCOB 4, applies in relation to any form of variation of a regulated mortgage contract.
MCOB 4.1.8GRP
1The FSA would not view the removal of a party to the regulated mortgage contract following the death of that party (and where no other variation is proposed) as a variation for the purposes of MCOB 4.1.4 R(1).
MCOB 12.1.4RRP
The requirements in MCOB 12.4 (Arrears charges) and MCOB 12.5 (Excessive charges) will continue to apply to a firm after a regulated mortgage contract has come to an end following the sale of a repossessed property. References in this chapter to 'customer' will include references to a former customer as appropriate.
MCOB 5.2.1GRP
(1) MCOB 5 amplifies Principle 6 and Principle 7, which require a firm to pay due regard to the information needs of its customers and to treat them fairly.(2) The purpose of MCOB 5 is to ensure that, before a customer submits an application for a particular regulated mortgage contract, he is supplied with information that makes clear:(a) the features of that regulated mortgage contract;(b) the price that the customer will be required to pay under that regulated mortgage contract,
MCOB 5.3.2GRP
The purpose of MCOB 5.3.1 R, taken in conjunction with other rules in this chapter, is to ensure that the customer has received details of the particular regulated mortgage contract for which he has applied, in the form of an illustration, and has had the opportunity to satisfy himself that it is appropriate for him. The application should identify the type of interest rate, rate of interest, and the mortgage lender at the point it is submitted by the customer (for how to describe