Technology

360 Dotnet opens offshore office

360 Dotnet has launched an office in Turkey, to provide the additional capacity required...

Skipton integrates with Twenty7Tec’s Apply

Twenty7Tec has announced the integration of Skipton Building Society into the APPLY module. The...

Knowledge Bank adds West One BTL criteria

The buy-to-let range from West One Loans has been added to Knowledge Bank’s criteria...

Time for data

We are all familiar with how well data and machine learning can predict what...

Twenty7Tec reports record month for searches in January

Twenty7Tec has published the monthly results from its data analytics module INSIGHT, which tracks...

Vida Homeloans now on MBT Affordability platform

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has added Vida Homeloans to its MBT Affordability research platform. MBT...

Strong growth reported by Smartr365

Smartr365 has announced that it supports over 3,500 users, following growth of more than 500%...

Iress to drive National Friendly expansion strategy

National Friendly has gone live with Iress' Exchange portal service to drive growth in...

eConveyancer partners with Moneyfacts

eConveyancer has embarked upon an exclusive conveyancing partnership with comparison website, Moneyfacts. The partnership will...

OMS partners with L&G’s SmartrFit

One Mortgage System (OMS has partnered with Legal & General’s SmartrFit affordability calculator tool. OMS...

Step One added to Twenty7Tec’s SOURCE

Twenty7Tec has announced that Step One has added its secured loans product range to the...

Sancus joins Knowledge Bank platform

Sancus has joined the Knowledge Bank platform as a short-term property finance provider. Knowledge Bank...

New website for Black & White Bridging

Short term lender, Black & White Bridging (B&W), has launched a new website to...

Coventry BS introduces new customer affordability tool

Coventry Building Society has launched a new online affordability tool to help mortgage customers...

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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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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