Technology

Advise Wise introduces webinar series with Equity Release Council

Advise Wise has unveiled a new live webinar series in partnership with the Equity...

Nivo reaches major milestone

Nivo has revealed that more than five million messages have now been sent and...

The Bath adds AI to direct mortgage sales operation

The Bath Building Society has joined up with Festina Finance to revamp its direct...

Twenty7Tec and Brightstar renew partnership

Specialist distributor Brightstar has renewed its partnership with Twenty7Tec. This extended partnership sees Twenty7Tec...

Castle Trust appoints tech & ops chief

Castle Trust Bank has appointed Nick Bennett as its new chief technology & operations...

SmartSearch introduces UBO facility

Anti-money laundering (AML) firm, SmartSearch, has unveiled a new service which identifies the ultimate...

Mortgage Advice Bureau to use Nivo

Nivo has joined up with Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) to launch a secure mobile...

Paymentshield promises technological ‘war chest’ investment

General Insurance (GI) firm Paymentshield is investing in technology to to help advisers fight...

Dashly unveils Chrome extension for mortgage affordability

Dashly has launched a Google Chrome browser extension designed to "instantly" show people the most...

Mortgage Magic adds equity release module

CRM and mortgage management system, Mortgage Magic, is to add a free equity release...

Don’t ignore EU money laundering directives, firms warned

Anti-money laundering (AML) firm SmartSearch has warned firms against ignoring European Union money laundering...

Phoebus partners with cloud banking platform

Phoebus Software Limited (PSL) and Financial Services Horizons (FSH) have agreed an exclusive strategic...

Pepper Money added to MBT Affordability

MBT Affordability has announced the addition of Pepper Money to the platform. It provides brokers...

eKeeper unveils Intermediary Manager solution

eKeeper has introduced its a product - Intermediary Manager - to all financial institutions...

COMMENT

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

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The 4.3 million borrowers your pipeline is probably missing

There are 4.3 million self-employed workers in the UK and nearly one in five...

Mortgage industry bodies launch new ED&I survey

AMI and IMLA have launched a new industry-wide survey aimed at measuring progress on...

Landbay turns to broker education as Renters’ Rights Act reforms approach

Landbay is set to host a broker-focused webinar examining the implications of the Renters’...

Fleet cuts five-year buy-to-let fixes and widens 75% LTV options

Fleet Mortgages has cut pricing on selected five-year fixed buy-to-let products and expanded its...

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