Technology

Stonebridge updates Revolution with ID verification

Mortgage and insurance network Stonebridge has launched RevolutionID, new functionality including ID and address-verification...

Mortgage Brain reveals Affordability Hub pilot

Mortgage Brain is piloting Affordability Hub with Countrywide and Openwork Advisers. This first phase...

First live transaction on Mortgage Brain’s Lendex

Mortgage Brain has revealed the completion of the first live transaction on Lendex, its...

Barclays unveils resi rate cuts and adds E-Sign

Barclays is makes changes to its residential and Reward ranges tomorrow (5 December). The key...

Collaboration aims to help maximise valuations

The ValPal Network and Loop Software have launched an integration which will reduce administration...

Smartr365 integrates with Mortgage Engine for automated lender DIPs

Smartr365 is to integrate with Mortgage Engine to improve its direct-to-lender connections and provide...

Twenty7Tec integrates with MortgageApply

Bluecoat Software has announced an integration with Twenty7Tec Group. The new partnership will allow users...

Climate change portfolio assessment service for lenders launched

Landmark Valuation Services has unveiled a new Climate Change Portfolio Assessment service design to...

Knowledge Bank to re-run 12 Days of Christmas campaign

Criteria search system Knowledge Bank will next week, and for the second year running,...

Dynamo teams up with Mortgage Engine

Dynamo has partnered with technology firm Mortgage Engine. It is the first mortgage brokerage to...

Thirdfort software helps Funding 365 save deal

Funding 365 has rescued an unusual commercial bridging deal by employing client onboarding software...

SmartSearch recognised for regulatory technology offering

For the third consecutive year, software firm SmartSearch has been included in the ‘RegTech...

Nottingham For Intermediaries revamps broker portal

The Nottingham For Intermediaries has unveiled a new online portal for brokers, promising an...

3mc adopts OMS platform

One Mortgage System (OMS), the processing platform for brokers and packagers, has been adopted...

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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Rent growth slows as house prices edge higher, with Middle East tensions clouding outlook

Private rent inflation eased again in March while UK house prices rose modestly in...

Gen H expands broker sales team with three BDM hires and internal promotion

Gen H has expanded its broker sales team with three new business development managers...

Detached homes dominate new lifetime mortgage lending in early 2026

Owners of detached properties accounted for more than four in 10 new lifetime mortgages...

Brokers invited to webinar on boosting landlord income strategies

Brokers are being offered an opportunity to learn how to help landlords accelerate income...

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