Technology

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...

Affinity Mortgages partners with Mortgage Brain

Mortgage adviser, Affinity Mortgages, has adopted Mortgage Brain as a technology partner. Affinity will...

Brokers and clients want accelerated application process

78% of intermediaries have clients who are in some way dissatisfied with the manual,...

Bank of Ireland UK relaunches broker portal

Bank of Ireland UK has added new features to its mortgage application system for...

Phoebus Software hires head of sales and account management

Adam Oldfield has joined Phoebus Software Limited (PSL) as head of sales and account...

Valunation rolls out Q-Mobile to its surveyors

Valunation has completed the rollout of Landmark Valuation Services' Q-Mobile tablet and software solution...

BrokerSense introduces buy-to-let calculator

BrokerSense, who provide specialist mortgage calculators to brokers, has launched a buy-to-let mortgage calculator. This...

The Coventry signs deal to improve its understanding of affordability

The Coventry Building Society is to use MBT Affordability from Mortgage Broker Tools to...

36% of brokers think execution-only will hit their business

23% of mortgage intermediaries expect that consumers will choose to bypass advice and arrange...

COMMENT

The case for tech fluency before AI adoption in the mutual sector

It often feels like there is only one conversation taking place in financial services at the moment: artificial intelligence. Whether it’s trade shows and...

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

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Mortgage Brain adds Uinsure home insurance quotes to CRM platform

Mortgage Brain has integrated Uinsure with CRM Brain, allowing brokers to arrange buildings and...

Nationwide and Accord the latest to increase rates

Mortgage borrowers have been urged to review their options after Nationwide and Accord increased...

Four in five first-time buyers say schools failed to teach mortgage basics

Almost four in five UK first-time buyers believe their education failed to prepare them...

Rosemount adds 12 advisers as revenues rise by 39%

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) added 12 advisers during the second quarter as the network...

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