Technology

NatWest & Vizolution in running for tech award

NatWest and Vizolution have been shortlisted for the Best Use of Technology in Customer Service category...

UKMortgages celebrates download milestone

UKMortgages, Mortgage Brain’s mobile app, has now been downloaded over 100,000 times and accessed...

New VoIP solution for brokers unveiled

Paul Holden, former sales director of MortgageStream, has launched a new service offering voiceover...

Invoice financier partners with SME funding portal

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has joined alternativebusinessfunding.co.uk (ABF), a service for SMEs searching for...

John Charcol adopts MortgageBrain Anywhere

John Charcol has selected MortgageBrain Anywhere as its mortgage sourcing technology solution. Walter Avrili,...

New lifetime mortgage portal unveiled

Lifetime mortgage provider More 2 Life is investing in a new online portal designed to speed up applications...

Vizolution expands sales team

Vizolution has expanded its sales team with the appointment Michael Padmanathan, Alex Noble and Oli...

New conveyancing business unveiled

A new technology-led conveyancing service, When You Move, has launched. Co-founded by entrepreneur Peter Goodman...

IRESS adds new XPLAN Mortgage module

IRES has announced the release of the Advice Module, the latest addition to its...

Blueberry Mortgages opts for Twenty7Tec sourcing

Mortgage brokerage Blueberry Mortgages has selected Mortgage Source from Twenty7Tec as its sole mortgage...

Broker Conveyancing to give away 20 tablets

Broker Conveyancing has published details of its annual January tablet giveaway. This month, every...

Mortgage Brain sees 23% uplift in broker attendance

Mortgage Brain's 2015 series of Mortgage Vision events, held during October and November, saw a...

Kensington unveils new intermediary website

Kensington has launched its new website for intermediaries, following broker feedback. The lender says it...

Skipton unveils intermediary web chat pilot

Skipton Intermediaries has introduced a trial web chat service for its broker partners London...

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Could a move to ‘enhanced advice’ also mean mandatory protection conversations?

The FCA’s recent Mortgage Market Discussion Paper (DP25/2) has got the industry talking about ‘enhanced advice’ – an idea that certain customers, such as...

Take off the rose-tinted glasses and stop chasing a rate cut

Every six weeks the financial world raises its eyebrows at the prospect of a rate cut, causing celebration when the Monetary Committee duly obliges. There...

URGENT! AI Is coming for you. Or maybe not…

I’ll try to make this as straight to the point as I can. The way that your prospective customers find you via online search...

Mind the gap: Can mortgage advice change the game for protection?

Many industry insiders still talk about the UK protection gap and how vast it is. The numbers speak for themselves with the estimated value of...

Navigating HMO and MUFB complexity with confidence

Historically, larger Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) and Multi-Unit Freehold Blocks (MUFBs) have often been avoided due to their complex layouts, individual planning requirements,...

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Landbay increases LTV and loan limits on Limited Edition AVM range

Landbay has expanded its Limited Edition range of automated valuation model (AVM) products, raising...

Santander raises loan to income limits in boost for buyers

Santander UK is raising its loan to income (LTI) thresholds, allowing some mortgage customers...

DPT marks 25th project milestone with Signature Property Finance

DPT Monitoring Surveyors has begun work on its 25th development finance project for Signature...

KSEYE reaches £1bn lending milestone

Specialist lender KSEYE has passed the £1bn mark in total lending, crediting strong broker...