Technology

Ecology completes core banking migration with Monument Technology

Ecology Building Society has completed the migration of its savings and mortgage operations onto...

Fignum partners with Sikoia to automate document processing for lenders

A new integration aims to reduce manual workloads and speed up decision-making across mortgage...

Mortgage searches hit 2.15 million in March as remortgage demand jumps

Mortgage search activity rose sharply in March as borrowers moved to secure deals amid...

Bower deepens use of Advise Wise platform to support later life advice

Bower Home Finance has reaffirmed its commitment to technology-led advice by continuing to integrate...

Instamo to unveil FastAdmin at broker padel event

Instamo is set to showcase its latest mortgage administration solution, FastAdmin, at a broker-focused...

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or...

Finova Broker Payments links with Mortgage Broker Tools on broker research offering

Finova Broker Payments has agreed a partnership with Mortgage Broker Tools that will give...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small,...

Advisers told to tighten processes as rate volatility squeezes mortgage options

Advisers are being urged to sharpen their processes as lenders continue to withdraw products...

Rosemount rolls out proprietary KYC tool for advisers

Rosemount Financial Solutions has launched its own Know Your Customer tool for member advisers,...

ASN Bank selects Ohpen to overhaul mortgage technology platform

ASN Bank has appointed Ohpen as its strategic technology partner for mortgages as it...

L&G Mortgage Club adds Keychain onboarding platform for advisers

L&G’s Mortgage Club has struck a partnership with client onboarding platform Keychain, giving members...

Acre wins In Partnership technology rollout mandate

Acre has been selected by mortgage and wealth network In Partnership to supply a...

Virgin Money to take mortgage application systems offline for five days

Virgin money has announced that its Virgin Money and Clydesdale online application platforms will...

COMMENT

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

Why post-contract variation is becoming the mortgage market’s next battleground

For much of the past decade, mortgage technology investment has focused on origination and with good reason. Faster decisions in principle, automated affordability assessments,...

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Bridging Soup launches major market research initiative

Bridging Soup has launched a new research initiative to build a clearer picture of...

Just one in seven homes records five years of growth

Fewer than one in seven UK homes increased in value during every year of...

Word On The Street arranges £108m of property finance in record year

Word On The Street arranged more than £108 million of property finance across 239...

Beverley enhances SIPP income assessment

Beverley Building Society has introduced a tiered approach to assessing income from self-invested personal...

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