Technology

Uinsure unveils Direct Apply facility

Uinsure has revised its application process to allow advisers’ clients to apply for a...

TMA offers exclusive self-employed deal

TMA Club has announced an exclusive two-year discount deal for self-employed borrowers with the...

Landbay adopts Oracle NetSuite technology

Buy-to-let mortgage lender Landbay has chosen Oracle NetSuite to attract more users to its...

Shieldpay receives grant to transform real estate transactions

Secure payments provide Shieldpay has been awarded an Innovate UK grant. The funding will be used...

Largemortgageloans.com partners with 360 Dot Net

Largemortgageloans.com has successfully deployed the full 360 Lifecycle software solution with FactFind, integrated sourcing,...

LMS unveils electronic certificate of title technology

LMS has added new technology to its conveyancing offering, e-COT. The firm argues the technology...

Target Group appoints two new directors

Target Group has appointed Marcella Rich to its executive committee as director of client services. She...

Landbay revamps website and criteria

Landbay has revised its product criteria for professional landlords. Maximum loan size will increase from...

IRESS software to power new Accord platform

The Yorkshire Building Society Group has selected IRESS to deliver a new online mortgage...

Fintech ambassador confirmed for Finance Professional Show

The Prime Minister’s business ambassador for fintech, Alastair Lukies CBE, has been confirmed as...

FCA fines Tesco Bank fined £16.4m for cyber security failures

The Financial Conduct Authority has fined Tesco Bank £16,400,000 for failing to exercise due...

Tucker becomes CEO as Twenty7Tec expands SMT

Twenty7Tec has made a series of internal promotions, as well as external hires as...

Mortgage Brain makes three new sales appointments

Mortgage Brain has expanded its sales team with three new appointments. Josh Christie, Kosta Kostadinov...

Lendco to use BEP Systems’ origination software

BEP Systems is to provide Lendco with origination software for commercial mortgages, buy-to-let and...

COMMENT

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...

Slow completions are costing brokers. Five steps can help protect their pipelines

Through my conversations with mortgage brokers, and Landmark’s work across the wider home-moving process, I see the same pattern repeatedly. Once a mortgage has...

The industry needs to prepare now for Your First Home

The government’s announcement of the Your First Home scheme is genuinely positive news, and anything that boosts confidence among first-time buyers and people trying...

Why advisers can be part of the conveyancing team

There is a tendency to think the mortgage adviser’s involvement in conveyancing begins with recommending a firm and then largely ends once the client...

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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...

Accord cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 0.43%

Accord Mortgages is reducing selected buy-to-let rates by up to 0.43 percentage points, with...

Mortgage Brain embeds LMS conveyancing service into CRM Brain

Mortgage Brain has integrated the LMS Select conveyancing platform directly into CRM Brain, allowing...

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