Technology

TRM to use Mortgage Brain for criteria sourcing

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network (TRM) has selected Mortgage Brain as its preferred...

Fluent Mortgages adopts Aventria’s conveyancing platform

Fluent Mortgages has joined up with property services provider Aventria in order to use...

Uinsure partners with eKeeper Group

Uinsure has announced a partnership with adviser technology provider eKeeper Group. The move will allow...

Planned outage for BM Solutions

BM Solutions has advised brokers that it will be undertaking "essential maintenance" on its...

iPipeline grows distribution team

iPipeline is expanding its distribution team to support growth within the protection market. Andy Milburn...

Seven firms selected for Nationwide’s Open Banking challenge

The Nationwide Building Society has chosen seven fintech companies to take part in its...

The Buy to Let Business becomes Dynamo

The Buy to Let Business has rebranded as Dynamo. Ying Tan, founder and chief executive,...

Mortgage Broker Tools surprised by demand for MBT Affordability

In a week since its official launch, MBT Affordability has passed more than 300,000...

SBG and Aviva fund blockchain-based mortgage startup

Sesame Bankhall Group and Aviva announce £5 million Acre Software investment in exclusive deal...

New affordability platform introduced

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has launched MBT Affordability. It is designed to provider brokers with...

IFA agrees three-year deal with Mortgage Brain

Independent financial advisers, TFA - Trusted Financial Advice, has chosen Mortgage Brain as its...

TBMC unveils new website

TBMC has launched its new website designed for intermediaries to access its range of...

Shawbrook upgrades online application platform

Shawbrook Bank has launched a upgrade to its E-AIP platform with the inclusion of...

UTB appoints mortgage operations manager

United Trust Bank has appointed Avison Warren as mortgage operations manager. The newly created role will...

COMMENT

If AI gives us more time to think, we must learn how to think well

The great promise of AI in financial services is usually expressed in terms of what it can remove. Less administration, less duplication, fewer manual...

The right scrutiny is a precursor of growing lending safely

Credit markets have always had to accommodate change, but there are periods when the assumptions on which they have been built begin to move...

Only one in five of your clients thinks your fee was justified

You know the moment. 40 minutes in. Gone well. They like you, you like them, everyone's getting on. Then you have to say the fee. And...

I’m 49. My dad’s 73. Between us we’ve found the hole in later life lending

I turn 50 in December, and the marketing has already started. Funeral plans, over-50s life cover, “guaranteed acceptance” adverts wedged between the football highlights....

Buying scale was phase one. What happens next?

Mortgage distribution is in a race for scale. Capital wants market share. Consolidators want distribution. Networks want advisers. Good businesses are commanding serious valuations. If I...

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RICS: Housing market recovery falters as buyer demand weakens

The UK housing market lost momentum in September as rising interest rate expectations weighed...

Cost pressures hold back demand for energy-efficient home upgrades

More than a third of Britons want to improve the energy efficiency of their...

TPFG buys 25% stake in property and mortgage AI business Enteka

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) has taken a 25% stake in Enteka AI as...

Property professionals back homebuying reforms, CSS poll finds

More than three-quarters of property professionals believe proposed changes to the homebuying and selling...

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