Technology

Key Solutions Mortgages adopts 360 Lifecycle solution

Key Solutions Mortgages has deployed the full 360 Lifecycle practice management solution with Fact...

Fast growing company recognition for anti-money laundering business

SmartSearch has been named as one of Yorkshire’s fastest growing companies. Over the past six...

BM Solutions rolls out mortgage portal to all brokers

Following a pilot, BM Solutions is providing all brokers with access to its new...

OMS platform integrates with Precise Mortgages

One Mortgage System (OMS) says it is the first platform to fully integrate with...

BFS announces brand refresh

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has refreshed its brand and relaunched its website. The bridging lender...

Criteria Hub to offer free version

Criteria Hub, the criteria engine for mortgage advisers, clubs and networks, is to offer...

Arkle Finance offers GDPR toolkit

Specialist lender Arkle Finance is providing brokers with help over the upcoming introduction of...

TMA unveils anti-money laundering checks

TMA Club has launched SmartSearch to improve its electronic identification checks (EID). DAs can...

Canopy partners with Humberts

Canopy has announced a new partnership with Humberts, which will increase the distribution of...

Openwork extends Mortgage Brain partnership

Openwork has extended its partnership with Mortgage Brain and will continue to provide its...

Coventry bolsters fraud defences

The Coventry Building Society has adopted a predictive analytics software service to enhance its anti-fraud...

MortgageBrain’s James Sullivan joins 360 Dot Net

360 Dot Net has announced that James Sullivan has joined the firm.  He has...

LendInvest unveils intermediary BTL calculator

LendInvest has introduced a new buy-to-let online calculator for intermediaries. The calculator is designed to...

Closing the window on cyber threats

It’s no secret that small businesses are often over-stretched with their workload. That’s the...

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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