Technology

Accord offers 24-hour residential application turnaround

Accord Mortgages has rolled out its new Mortgage Sales and Originations (MSO) platform, offering...

Brokers optimistic about Open Banking potential

Bluestone Mortgages has revealed that 50% of brokers feel Open Banking will have a...

360 Dotnet integrates SmartrCriteria via 360 Lifecycle

360 Dotnet has begun a multi-stage integration of Legal & General Mortgage Club’s digital...

Bridging firm introduces Open Banking

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has launched Open Banking as part of what it says...

Santander continues investment in mortgage smartphone app

Santander InnoVentures, Santander Group’s fintech venture capital fund, is leading an expansion funding round...

OMS and Knowledge Bank combine CRM, criteria search and sourcing

One Mortgage System (OMS), the enquiry to completion processing platform for mortgage intermediaries, has...

Pure Retirement unveils YouTube channel

Pure Retirement has launched a customer-facing YouTube channel. It is designed to provide explainer video...

SmartSearch secures growth equity investment

SmartSearch Ltd, a provider of software focused on Anti-Money Laundering (AML) solutions, has received...

Connells to trial MBT Affordability

Connells Group has become the first national network of mortgage consultants to trial Mortgage...

Dock9 publishes 2019 Mortgage Playbook

Digital business solutions agency, Dock9, has issued its 2019 Mortgage Playbook, which sets out the firm's...

Vida Homeloans unveils ‘Buy to Let Hub’

Vida Homeloans has launched its new Buy to Let Hub, aimed at improving its...

Paymentshield improves API integration with Adviser Hub

Paymentshield has developed a number of APIs as it improves its Adviser Hub. The APIs...

Castle Trust revamps broker portal

Castle Trust has made major changes to its broker portal, including full online case...

OMS partners with Iress

One Mortgage System (OMS) has teamed up with Iress to expand its mortgage product...

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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Coadjute joins FCA AI testing programme as conveyancers face tougher AML regime

Coadjute has joined the Financial Conduct Authority’s AI Live Testing programme as conveyancing firms...

Morrow hire to lead intermediary growth strategy

Morrow has appointed Amit Gupta as financial services director as it looks to expand...

Russell Quirk calls out broken transaction system

UK mortgage and property professionals have been urged to rethink the homebuying process after Russell...

Newcastle updates broker portal for faster product transfers

Newcastle for Intermediaries has upgraded its broker portal to make product transfers quicker and...

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