Technology

Uinsure connects with OMS

One Mortgage System (OMS) has connected with Uinsure to improve its general insurance (GI)...

SimplyBiz offers members help with ‘looking the part’ online

The SimplyBiz Group has introduced a new ‘keeping up appearances’ programme, with the aim...

Mortgage Brain begins Affordability Hub rollout

Mortgage Brain is rolling out its affordability-based sourcing solution Affordability Hub following a pilot. Affordability...

Air Group partners with Knowledge Bank

Answers in Retirement Group (Air Group) has announced a new partnership with Knowledge Bank,...

Hodge launches new online intermediary services

Hodge has launched a new website and broker portal, designed to streamline the broker...

Pure Retirement revamps adviser portal

Pure Retirement has launched a new online portal which it says allows advisers to...

Twenty7Tec unveils single platform product and criteria sourcing service

Twenty7Tec has claimed to be the first technology provider to deliver product and criteria...

Click2Check launches pre-qualifying tool

Technology firm Click2Check has launched a white-label online solution for mortgage advisers to obtain...

SmartSearch unveils facial recognition feature

SmartSearch has added a new facial recognition feature to its digital anti-money-laundering (AML) platform. Due...

Knowledge Bank adds SVR list

Knowledge Bank has created an easy way to see lenders’ current SVRs. It has instigated...

UTB launches automatic ID verification sharing

United Trust Bank's ID verification information can be automatically shared with the bridging customer’s...

Phoebus Software appoints client executive

Phoebus Software Limited (PSL) has appointed Mark Smitheringale to the position of client executive. Smitheringale...

Hanley Economic to revamp mortgage and savings platforms

The Hanley Economic Building Society has partnered with DPR to initiate an overhaul of...

Twenty7Tec appoints UX design partner

Twenty7Tec has selected digital business solutions agency, Dock9, as its user experience (UX) design...

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

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...

Virgin Money cuts fixed rates and raises selected tracker pricing

Virgin Money is reducing fixed mortgage rates across purchase, remortgage and selected buy-to-let product...

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