Technology

TRM Network agrees five-year deal with Mortgage Brain

The Right Mortgage (TRM) Network has confirmed a five-year commitment to Mortgage Brain. Members will...

360 Dotnet extends HLPartnership relationship

360 Dotnet has announced a contract renewal with HLPartnership (HLP), the network for mortgage...

Air Sourcing integrates Just Adviser Portal

Air Group has launched the Just API link on its Air Sourcing platform. Air Group...

Uinsure and Optimus agree partnership

Optimus has announced a new partnership with Uinsure to integrate home insurance into the...

LendingMetrics reports significant rise in OpenBankVision enquiries

LendingMetrics has reported a "skyrocketing" in enquiries for its OpenBankVision (OBV) platform following the...

Equifax ID checks now integrated into Acre

End-to-end mortgage platform, Acre, has integrated Equifax into its software. Acre says this means...

Cirencester Friendly to replace existing protection platform

IPipeline has announced a long-term partnership with Cirencester Friendly, where iPipeline’s SSG Digital platform will...

Finova unveils data management platform

Finova has launched Broker ID, a data management platform designed to save lenders’ time and money...

360 Dotnet appoints strategic relationships director

David Smith has joined 360 Dotnet as its strategic relationships director. Smith (pictured) has over...

Broker searches being affected by cost of living crisis

Knowledge Bank has revealed that the cost of living crisis is impacting borrowers as...

PRIMIS integrates Twenty7Tec’s APPLY module

PRIMIS Mortgage Network has integrated Twenty7Tec’s APPLY module into its back-office system, Toolbox. This...

Tech could save brokers a working month each year

New research from Legal & General Mortgage Club has examined the typical timescales for...

Knowledge Bank appoints sales and marketing director

Knowledge Bank has recruited a new sales and marketing manager as part of its...

eConveyancer parent rebrands to Smoove

Conveyancing platform provider, ULS Technology plc, is rebranding and changing its name to Smoove...

COMMENT

If AI gives us more time to think, we must learn how to think well

The great promise of AI in financial services is usually expressed in terms of what it can remove. Less administration, less duplication, fewer manual...

The right scrutiny is a precursor of growing lending safely

Credit markets have always had to accommodate change, but there are periods when the assumptions on which they have been built begin to move...

Only one in five of your clients thinks your fee was justified

You know the moment. 40 minutes in. Gone well. They like you, you like them, everyone's getting on. Then you have to say the fee. And...

I’m 49. My dad’s 73. Between us we’ve found the hole in later life lending

I turn 50 in December, and the marketing has already started. Funeral plans, over-50s life cover, “guaranteed acceptance” adverts wedged between the football highlights....

Buying scale was phase one. What happens next?

Mortgage distribution is in a race for scale. Capital wants market share. Consolidators want distribution. Networks want advisers. Good businesses are commanding serious valuations. If I...

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RICS: Housing market recovery falters as buyer demand weakens

The UK housing market lost momentum in September as rising interest rate expectations weighed...

Cost pressures hold back demand for energy-efficient home upgrades

More than a third of Britons want to improve the energy efficiency of their...

TPFG buys 25% stake in property and mortgage AI business Enteka

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) has taken a 25% stake in Enteka AI as...

Property professionals back homebuying reforms, CSS poll finds

More than three-quarters of property professionals believe proposed changes to the homebuying and selling...

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