1,500 signed up for lifetime mortgages qualification

Since the launch of CeLM® earlier in the year there has been an overwhelming response to this new qualification and this is reflected in the number of registrations.

"With the sale and marketing of Lifetime Mortgages becoming regulated in October 2004 under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 advisors needed to attain an appropriate qualification to show evidence of their competence in this area, the Certificate in Lifetime Mortgages represents an appropriate qualification in support of this standard" says Mark Roberts, Head of Faculty Financial Regulation, at the ifs.

CeLM® can also be taken as part of the recently launched Advanced Certificate in Mortgage Advice and Practice (Adv CeMAP®) and for those who have recently completed CeLM® they will only need to take two further modules to top up to the Advanced qualification. The core of Adv CeMAP® is built around the FSA initiative Treating Customers Fairly and also includes Lifetime Mortgages, Alternative Residential Lending and Supervising in a Regulated Environment.

Find out more about CeLM® and Adv CeMAP® - visit www.ifslearning.com or telephone Customer and Student Services on 01227 818609.