Technology

Canopy partners with MoneySuperMarket

Canopy has announced a partnership with MoneySuperMarket will see MoneySuperMarket integrate into the Canopy app,...

The Leeds supports technology boost for Samaritans

Money raised for Samaritans by the Leeds Building Society will be used to improve...

UK’s first fully digital mortgage settlement hailed

Shieldpay and My Home Move’s law firm subsidiary, Premier Property Lawyers, with the support...

The Swansea partners with Twenty7Tec

The Swansea Building Society has joined up with Twenty7Tec to offer its range of...

Connect adopts OMS platform

Connect has chosen One Mortgage System (OMS), which offers mortgage brokers a single processing platform...

SmartSearch moves into new offices in Ilkley

Anti-money laundering firm SmartSearch have moved into brand new offices in Ilkley, Yorkshire. SmartSearch’s Anti-Money...

Twenty7Tec launches equity release sourcing

Twenty7Tec has unveiled what it claims to be the UK’s first "truly blended" sourcing...

Trussle secures £13.6m in new funding round

Online mortgage broker Trussle has secured £13.6million in financing in its Series B funding round. Along...

Paradigm & Foundation Home Loans in open banking pilot

Foundation Home Loans has partnered with Paradigm Mortgage Services to offer its residential products...

How to avoid getting tangled up in knots

I was interested to read that the Loughborough Building Society has decided to do...

SMG unveils Lenderlink Referrals

Specialist Mortgage Group (SMG) has added a new feature to Lenderlink, its specialist loan sourcing...

Lenders helped by Criteria Hub data

Criteria Hub has claimed it is providing lenders with valuable product point feedback via enquiries...

SmartSearch wins Queen’s Enterprise Award for innovation

Anti-money laundering firm SmartSearch has been awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise. The award recognises businesses...

Conveyancing Association revises Cyberfraud & Fraud Protocol

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has revised its Cyberfraud and Fraud Protocol which seeks to...

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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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