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Smartr365 to integrate SmartrCriteria search tool

Smartr365 is integrating Legal & General Mortgage Club’s digital mortgage criteria searching tool, SmartrCriteria,...

Maria Harris to join Twenty7Tec from Atom bank

Twenty7Tec has revealed that Maria Harris will join the company on 1 October as...

eKeeper integrates conveyancing into broker CRM

eKeeper says it has streamlined the conveyancing process with the latest release of its...

SmartSearch one of Britain’s fastest-growing tech companies

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) firm SmartSearch is one of the fastest-growing tech companies in Britain,...

Complete FS offers secure communication tech for customers

Complete FS has announced the adoption of Mailock, which encrypts email between itself, its...

Equifinance agrees deal with Phoebus Software

Second charge mortgage lender Equifinance has signed into a five-year contract with Phoebus Software...

Affinity Mortgages partners with Mortgage Brain

Mortgage adviser, Affinity Mortgages, has adopted Mortgage Brain as a technology partner. Affinity will...

Brokers and clients want accelerated application process

78% of intermediaries have clients who are in some way dissatisfied with the manual,...

Bank of Ireland UK relaunches broker portal

Bank of Ireland UK has added new features to its mortgage application system for...

Phoebus Software hires head of sales and account management

Adam Oldfield has joined Phoebus Software Limited (PSL) as head of sales and account...

Valunation rolls out Q-Mobile to its surveyors

Valunation has completed the rollout of Landmark Valuation Services' Q-Mobile tablet and software solution...

BrokerSense introduces buy-to-let calculator

BrokerSense, who provide specialist mortgage calculators to brokers, has launched a buy-to-let mortgage calculator. This...

The Coventry signs deal to improve its understanding of affordability

The Coventry Building Society is to use MBT Affordability from Mortgage Broker Tools to...

36% of brokers think execution-only will hit their business

23% of mortgage intermediaries expect that consumers will choose to bypass advice and arrange...

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Tuning into later life lending conversations

There are certain conversations in our profession that can genuinely change the course of a client’s life. Later life lending sits firmly in that...

Economic uncertainty weighing on business borrowers

Taken as a whole, Atom bank’s SME Pulse for Q2 shows the current robust health of demand in the commercial market. Around 95% of the...

Right of Light risks: a looming shadow over construction projects

Gone are the days when a Right of Light infringement could be swiftly dealt with by simply taking out an indemnity insurance policy. Specialists used...

Could a move to ‘enhanced advice’ also mean mandatory protection conversations?

The FCA’s recent Mortgage Market Discussion Paper (DP25/2) has got the industry talking about ‘enhanced advice’ – an idea that certain customers, such as...

Take off the rose-tinted glasses and stop chasing a rate cut

Every six weeks the financial world raises its eyebrows at the prospect of a rate cut, causing celebration when the Monetary Committee duly obliges. There...

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Croydon tops list of most in-demand locations among UK homebuyers

Croydon has emerged as the most popular location for homebuyers across the UK, according...

Newcastle cuts 95% LTV rates and improves cashback terms for first-time buyers

Newcastle for Intermediaries has reduced rates across its 95% loan-to-value (LTV) mortgage range, cutting...

Word On The Street appoints first broker

Word On The Street, the specialist property finance brokerage, has appointed Ben Hartley as...

Younger generations look to pensions and property for retirement security

Millennials and Generation Z are increasingly turning to both pensions and property to secure...