Technology

eKeeper integration expands CRM access

The eKeeper Group, the technology provider of MortgageKeeper, has integrated its CRM solution with...

Smartr365 and Twenty7Tec extend strategic partnership

Smartr365 and Twenty7Tec have agreed a long-term extension to their existing working relationship. Twenty7Tec’s...

The Moving Hub partners with the Property Jungle

Conveyancing platform The Moving Hub has teamed up with the Property Jungle, a provider...

Phoebus Software unveils Innovation Hub

Phoebus Software Ltd (PSL) has introduced an Innovation Hub to concentrate on providing digital...

CA responds to digital identity consultation

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has responded to the Department for Digital, Media, Culture &...

Mortgage Brain appoints sales and marketing director

Mortgage Brain has appointed Neil Wyatt as its new sales and marketing director. Wyatt has over...

UTB to use facial recognition for ID verification

United Trust Bank (UTB) has introduced an electronic ‘facial recognition’ ID verification service through...

Money Group to use OMS System across all platforms

Mortgage processing CRM platform One Mortgage System (OMS) has been adopted by all of the...

Smartr365 to integrate SmartrCriteria search tool

Smartr365 is integrating Legal & General Mortgage Club’s digital mortgage criteria searching tool, SmartrCriteria,...

Maria Harris to join Twenty7Tec from Atom bank

Twenty7Tec has revealed that Maria Harris will join the company on 1 October as...

eKeeper integrates conveyancing into broker CRM

eKeeper says it has streamlined the conveyancing process with the latest release of its...

SmartSearch one of Britain’s fastest-growing tech companies

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) firm SmartSearch is one of the fastest-growing tech companies in Britain,...

Complete FS offers secure communication tech for customers

Complete FS has announced the adoption of Mailock, which encrypts email between itself, its...

Equifinance agrees deal with Phoebus Software

Second charge mortgage lender Equifinance has signed into a five-year contract with Phoebus Software...

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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