Technology

Smartr365 agrees digital ID verification partnership

Mortgage platform, Smartr365, has signed a new exclusive partnership with Digidentity, a digital ID provider. Smartr365...

Technology having positive effect on advice firms

Financial advice firms have made major strides in improving their use of technology over...

Mortgage platform selects Open Banking partner

Digital mortgage platform Koodoo has chosen credit reference agency Credit Kudos as its Open...

Knowledge Bank adds secured loan provider to platform

Second charge lender, Evolution Money, has added its criteria to the Knowledge Bank platform. Knowledge Bank...

Brightstar extends Yabber rollout

Brightstar Group has announced a further roll-out of Yabber Global's call monitoring and training...

The Skipton to integrate with APPLY in Q1 2021

TwentyTec’s APPLY module is to integrate with the Skipton Building Society’s origination platform. APPLY...

Firms not continuously testing their websites

Digital agency Dock9 has revealed that many mortgage businesses don't frequently test their websites, with 20%...

Mortgage Magic integrates iPipeline into broker proposition

Mortgage Magic's CRM and mortgage management platform has integrated a number of iPipeline’s webservice...

Advise Wise adds Street View and Maps functionality

Advise Wise has integrated Google Street View and Google Map into the Advise Wise...

Click2Check integrates with AccountScore

Click2Check has partnered with AccountScore to utilise its Open Banking platform as part of...

API developed to simplify landlords’ tax returns

Moneyhub has launched a tool to help landlords file their HMRC Self-Assessment UK property...

Aviva launches new ‘Mid-Life MOT’ app

53% of people in their mid-life have never calculated when they can afford to...

SimplyBiz Mortgages partners with Eligible

SimplyBiz Mortgages' members can now get three months free access to Eligible's personalised client...

Fluent Mortgages to integrate with Lendex

Fluent Mortgages has become the latest organisation to commit to integrating with Mortgage Brain’s...

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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SortRefer marks 17 years with record month for instructions and completions

SortRefer has marked its 17th anniversary after reporting its strongest monthly performance to date...

The Mortgage Works cuts buy-to-let rates on selected new business deals

The Mortgage Works is cutting selected buy-to-let and let-to-buy rates by up to 0.20...

Primis promotes three in push to expand recruitment and regional broker support

Primis has promoted three senior executives as it seeks to recruit more adviser firms...

Santander cuts higher LTV rates for first-time buyers and home movers

Santander is cutting selected fixed mortgage rates across its first-time buyer, home mover and...

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