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Legal & General partners with GrowthEnabler

Legal & General has announced a new strategic partnership with GrowthEnabler, the platform which...

MFB refreshes website

Mortgages for Business has announced the launch of its new look web site at www.mortgagesforbusiness.co.uk. The...

MortgageGym completes £3.8m funding round

Mortgage robo-adviser MortgageGym has completed a funding round of £3.8m from investors, including LSL...

New website for SortRefer

Online conveyancing broker portal SortRefer has relaunched its web site. It is now responsive, meaning...

FCA comparison tool criticised by trade bodies

The intention by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to deliver a broker assessment/comparison tool...

Clear your desks on Friday, says Brightstar

Brightstar Financial is calling on brokers to clear their desks of problem cases this...

Technology and the ‘frictionless mortgage’ theme for L&G conference

The Legal & General Mortgage Club has now announced the 2018 Mortgage Club Autumn Conference,...

Trio of new data partners for BEP Systems

Mortgage origination software firm BEP Systems is working with three new data partners to...

Sutherland Mortgage Services launches UK mortgage servicing platform

Sutherland Mortgage Services has agreed a five-year, seven-figure deal with Unisys Corporation to launch...

MFB uses robotics to automate apps and AIPs

Mortgages for Business has automated the buy-to-let mortgage application submission process with Kent Reliance...

Brokers back Accord review tool

Accord Mortgages has revealed that its own online review generator has been used more...

TMA Club to offer critical illness software via CIExpert

TMA Club has entered into an agreement with CIExpert, a firm which analyses critical illness...

TBMC introduces new online application form

TBMC has launched a new online application form for intermediaries to submit their buy-to-let...

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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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