Sourcing

Mortgage Brain expands customer success team with two new hires

Mortgage Brain has strengthened its customer success team with the appointment of Richard Bethune-Wright...

PM Data Services launch Genie buy-to-let sourcing engine

PM Data Services – the team behind digital broker Property Master - has launched...

Mortgage Brain adds Rely to sourcing platform

Mortgage Brain has added OSB Group’s newly launched buy-to-let lender, Rely, to its Sourcing...

Surveying industry undervalued in race to the bottom

After a 16-month break from the property industry I returned to find a landscape...

Knowledge Bank launches AffCalc to enhance affordability checks for brokers

Knowledge Bank has rolled out the full release of its new affordability assessment tool,...

Knowledge Bank unveils affordability calculator for brokers

Knowledge Bank has broadened its scope beyond criteria with the launch of a new...

AI could make obsolescence obsolete and slash global e-waste

For decades, technology has been trapped in a cycle of forced obsolescence. Each year,...

OMS renews integration partnership with Twenty7Tec

One Mortgage System has renewed its strategic partnership with Twenty7Tec, reinforcing a collaboration designed...

Knowledge Bank joins forces with Specialist Finance Academy

The Specialist Finance Academy has formed a new partnership with Knowledge Bank, the mortgage...

Acre expands partnership with Iress to include protection sourcing

Acre has strengthened its ties with fintech provider Iress by selecting the firm to...

Knowledge Bank hires criteria and partnerships manager

Knowledge Bank has announced the appointment of Julie Bourne as criteria and partnerships manager,...

Lendco products now live on Mortgage Brain platforms

Specialist buy-to-let lender Lendco has joined Mortgage Brain’s Sourcing Brain and Criteria Brain platforms. The...

Knowledge Bank sees record-breaking activity

Knowledge Bank recorded more than 100,000 searches in April – the highest monthly total...

Buy-to-let activity plunges as self-employed and first-time buyer demand surges

The UK mortgage market is undergoing a period of sharp contrasts, according to the...

COMMENT

Commonhold reform: Devil in the detail

The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal leasehold system to an end,” of returning power to homeowners...

Managing cashflow and risk in today’s turbulent market

Over the past decade buy-to-let landlords have become accustomed to operating in a market where it can often feel like change is the only...

Is there such thing as a ‘typical borrower’ anymore?

What is a typical borrower? A few decades ago, it would have been a salaried employee, single source of income and, most likely, a...

Private credit has reached its next stage of maturity

Every lending market experiences moments that prompt uncomfortable questions. A high profile default, allegations of poor governance or a significant loss inevitably lead to...

Your clients aren’t being stolen… they’re being handed over

Let's be honest about something the industry won't say out loud. Lenders going direct aren't the problem. Brokers are. Every year the same conversation happens....

Latest news

Remortgage searches rise 7% in July

Residential remortgage searches increased by 7% during July as purchase and buy-to-let activity weakened,...

LEASE launches lease extension cost tool

The Leasehold Advisory Service has launched a free online tool enabling leaseholders to check...

Vida mortgage lending more than doubles to £840m

Vida Group Holdings increased gross mortgage lending to £840m during the first half of...

Affordability blocking housing recovery

Improving confidence is encouraging buyers back into the housing market but affordability remains the...

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