Red tape is stifling mortgage lending and regulations designed to protect customers 'make it difficult to secure a deal online'
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The Council of Mortgage Lenders urged City watchdog the Financial Conduct Authority ‘to consider whether newly imposed regulation’ might be stifling competition.