Technology

Research examines how affordability research used in advice process

89% of 10 brokers say they have recommended a lender that they did not...

OMS allies with Sanctions Search

One Mortgage System (OMS) has formed a strategic alliance with Sanctions Search to provide...

MFS products now on Criteria Brain

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) is now live on Criteria Brain. The specialist lender provides both...

The Mortgage Hut adopts white-labelled Nivo app

The Mortgage Hut has joined forces with fintech provider Nivo to move away from...

Dye & Durham improves its services to conveyancers

Dye & Durham has built on its desire to improve the way property and...

Mortgage affordability complexity greater than ever

86% of brokers believe that mortgage affordability is more complex than ever, according to...

Iress integrates O&M Profiler into The Exchange

Iress has further integrated O&M Profiler into its The Exchange platform. The firm says its...

Mortgage Brain acquires Mortgage Engine

Mortgage Brain has acquired digital platform provider Mortgage Engine. Cloe Atkinson, managing director of Mortgage...

OMS integrates Land Registry search facility into platform

One Mortgage System (OMS) has integrated the Land Registry search facility. It provides users with...

Free mortgage market sustainability webinar next week

The Mortgage Marketing Forum (MMF) has unveiled a Sustainability Webinar for its members and...

Whitepaper urges effective AML due diligence

Anti-money laundering (AML) specialist SmartSearch has published a whitepaper analysing due diligence undertaken by...

LMS launches service to safeguard conveyancing process

LMS has announced the launch of 'confirmly', a secure law firm identity checking technology,...

Octopus Real Estate added to Twenty7Tec’s SOURCE

Twenty7Tec has announced that Octopus Real Estate has added its mortgage product range to...

Newcastle Intermediaries joins Experian’s mortgage eligibility hub

Newcastle Intermediaries has joined Experian’s mortgage eligibility hub in order to reduce the time...

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...

Latest news

Badenoch pledges no IHT or stamp duty on family homes

Kemi Badenoch has pledged to remove inheritance tax from family homes and scrap stamp...

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...

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