Technology

SimplyBiz Mortgages members get free L&G affordability tool

SimplyBiz Mortgages has partnered with Legal & General (L&G) to offer the latter's mortgage...

360 Dotnet integrates with Twenty7Tec’s APPLY module

360 Dotnet have built on its relationship with Twenty7Tec by integrating with APPLY, enabling...

Alternative Bridging Corporation improves website

Alternative Bridging Corporation has unveiled a new website with improved navigation and functionality. The new...

OMS and Evolution Money complete API integration 

One Mortgage System (OMS) has completed a full API integration with second charge mortgage...

Coutts range now on Twenty7Tec SOURCE module

Twenty7Tec has announced that Coutts has added its mortgage product range including fixed rate...

Air Club launches online support system for advice process

Air Club has unveiled WriteRoute, which is designed to provide improved support along the...

Businesses “wasting hours checking documents”

SmartSearch research has suggested regulated businesses are "wasting" hours processing physical documents for ID...

Scottish BS launches affordability calculator with Mortgage Brain

A partnership between Scottish Building Society and Mortgage Brain has led to the launch...

Repercussions of Covid still showing in criteria searches

Knowledge Bank latest tracker has revealed that advisers are working with a "significant" number...

Leeds Building Society now live on Submissions Brain

Decisions in principle (DIPs) from Leeds Building Society can now be requested on Submissions...

Apprivo2 now offered by Finova

Finova has added the Apprivo2 platform to its suite of solutions. Apprivo2 is a configurable SaaS...

Specialist buy-to-let research reaps rewards

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has found that thorough research is even more important for...

Twenty7Tec integrates APPLY with Leeds BS

Twenty7Tec has completed an APPLY integration with Leeds Building Society, enabling users of CloudTwenty7...

Buckinghamshire Building Society improves broker platform

Buckinghamshire Building Society has launched an improved application process to make submitting a DIP...

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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