Technology

TMA to offer mortgage broker software through Intelliflo

TMA Club has entered into an agreement with Intelliflo, a supplier of business management...

L&C’s Mortgage Finder attracts wide user age range

Mortgage broker L&C has seen over £2.6bn worth of mortgage applications through its online tool since...

Identity fraud falls for the first time since 2014

Fraud prevention service Cifas has published new figures showing that identity fraud has fallen...

Virgin Money renews Hometrack partnership for AVMs

Virgin Money has renewed its licence with Hometrack, securing delivery of Automated Valuation Model...

The Buy to Let Business joins up with Foundation Home Loans for API launch

Foundation Home Loans has partnered with distributor, The Buy to Let Business (TBTLB), to...

Second charge criteria searches changed completely in July

Knowledge Bank has revealed the most search criteria by brokers during the month of...

Confidence in online banking takes a dent

Technology failures are hitting confidence in online banking with one in four customers suffering...

Clever Lending and Your Expert Group adopt OMS

One Mortgage System (OMS) has been selected by Clever Lending and Your Expert Group. Clever...

L&G invests in mortgage intermediary software service

Legal & General’s fintech is making a £3 million investment in Smartr365, a software...

How can technology be used to meet rising demand for equity release?

The equity release market has experienced huge levels of growth in the last few...

Lenders commit to new Lendex gateway

Nine lenders have agreed to accept digital mortgage transactions via Lendex, Mortgage Brain’s digital...

Metro Bank extends Open Banking offering

Metro Bank has launched its developer portal, which opens up the bank’s platform to FCA-registered...

Knowledge Bank offers API to third parties

Knowledge Bank has launched its application programming interface (API). The API will allow lenders, networks,...

LendInvest and Onfido partner to expedite buy-to-let ID checks

LendInvest and identity verification provider Onfido have announced a partnership designed to streamline LendInvest’s...

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...

Latest news

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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