Technology

Generation Z has different attitudes towards advice

Target Group has reported that so-called members of 'Generation Z' are more likely to...

Kensington appoints chief operating officer

Kensington Mortgages has recruited Mark Foulsham as its new chief operating officer. He will join...

PRIMIS adopts SolutionBuilder for its protection proposition

PRIMIS Mortgage Network has adopted iPipeline's protection sourcing solution, SolutionBuilder, across its entire network. SolutionBuilder...

Accord sees boost in use of online product transfers

Accord Mortgages has reported a 53% increase in online product transfers since launching a...

Atom bank partners with TruNarrative

TruNarrative has partnered with Atom bank plc, to provide an AML transaction monitoring and...

Robo-advice is brokers’ greatest technological fear

New broker research has found that brokers see fintech such as AI/robo-advice as the...

Brokers unlikely to be usurped by technology: Sinclair

True robo mortgage advice is “not coming in my lifetime”, according to AMI’s Robert...

Phoebus Software hires securitisation and funding specialist

Ian Sutton has joined Phoebus Software Limited (PSL) as a consultant specialising in the...

Promise upgrades its second charge sourcing platform

Promise Specialist Lending is claiming to offer the best combination of speed, accuracy and...

Mortgage Brain appoints new chairman

Mortgage Brain has appointed Peter Hill as its new chairman. Hill, whose previous roles include...

Hinckley & Rugby introduces online criteria searches

Following a partnership with sourcing system Criteria Hub, advisers can now search online to...

NatWest completes fully paperless mortgage process

NatWest has revealed that over 100,000 of its customers have benefitted from its paperless...

Target Group recruits chief commercial officer

Target Group has announced the appointment of Stuart Anderson as chief commercial officer. Anderson has over...

Webline integrates with The Key

Online quote and 'e-apply portal' Webline is now available to mortgage advisers through a...

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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