Technology

LendInvest uses Salesforce for bridging originations

LendInvest has unveiled a cloud-based application for customers seeking short-term lending products. The new...

The Ipswich’s products now on Affordability Hub

Mortgage Brain's Affordability Hub is now featuring products from the Ipswich Building Society. Affordability...

The Mortgage Broker Club to include Greenfield Mortgages

Online platform, The Mortgage Broker Club, has announced that Greenfield Mortgages will feature in the...

Innovation webinar to highlight UTB, Landbay & Optalitix

United Trust Bank (UTB), specialist AI solutions provider Optalitix and Landbay are to feature...

LiveMore Capital now on Criteria Hub

Later life provider  LiveMore Capital has become the latest lender to join Criteria Hub. There...

Property Master uses AI for new affordability calculator

Property Master has launched a new mortgage calculator that uses artificial intelligence to analyse...

Trio of senior hires at AML firm

SmartSearch expanded its senior team with three new appointments. The anti-money laundering (AML) firm has...

Virgin Money integrates with Twenty7Tec

Virgin Money has developed an API integration with Twenty7tec, which will streamline the search...

Access Financial Services adopts Mortgage Magic

CRM and mortgage management platform, Mortgage Magic, is to provide mortgage and protection brokerage...

Knowledge Bank’s 12 Days of Christmas returns

Knowledge Bank has brought back its ‘12 Days of Christmas’ campaign for the third...

Advise Wise allows addition of fees on sourcing platform

Advise Wise has unveiled a new feature on its later life sourcing platform to...

MT Finance joins Knowledge Bank platform

MT Finance's short-term loan criteria in now available on the Knowledge Bank platform. Knowledge Bank...

MCI Mortgage Club unveils later life sourcing

MCI Mortgage Club has introduced a later life lending sourcing platform to its members. The...

New Lendlord hub promises bespoke recommendations

Lendlord has launched its new finance hub with the aim of delivering bespoke, automated...

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...

Latest news

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...

HSBC UK cuts mortgage rates by up to 25bps across residential and buy-to-let range

HSBC UK has reduced mortgage rates across parts of its residential and buy-to-let range,...

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