Technology

SimplyBiz Mortgages teams up with Twenty7Tec

SimplyBiz Mortgages has partnered with Twenty7Tec Group to offer its club members access to the Twenty7Tec...

The Leeds expands software delivery team

The Leeds Building Society has appointed a new manager in its software delivery team. Louise...

Market study into digital comparison tools

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a market study into digital comparison...

iPipeline integrates with the Key

An integration between iPipeline’s SolutionBuilder and Mortgage Brain’s CRM system, the Key, means advisers...

Promise integrates technology with Shawbrook

Promise Specialist Lending has completed XML integration with Shawbrook. This represents its seventh second charge...

LendInvest goes live with LOT11

The partnership between online mortgage lender LendInvest and LOT11 has now gone live. The arrangement sees LendInvest pre-qualify...

Countrywide sells remaining holding in Zoopla

Countrywide plc has sold 9,234,473 ordinary shares in Zoopla Property Group plc at an average...

Equiniti provides Axcess Financial Europe with Core Pancredit

Equiniti has entered into an agreement to provide its Core Pancredit technology to Axcess...

Zoopla unveils mortgage in principle service

Zoopla has teamed up with online mortgage adviser Trussle to launch a new service for house...

Brits want face-to-face financial help

61% of Britons think discussing financial matters is more important that seeking health advice...

Mortgage Affordability Tool unveiled

Money Dashboard has introduced the Mortgage Affordability Tool (MAT), a new product targeting the...

‘Digital mortgage adviser’ promises free 24/7 advice

Habito has launched what it claims to be the world’s first "artificially intelligent Digital Mortgage...

Conveyancers achieve Cyber Safe accreditation

Blacks Solicitors and Shakespeare Martineau have become the first Conveyancing Association (CA) members to...

Brightstar reveals EasySource registration stats

Brightstar has reported that over 3,000 intermediaries have registered to use its EasySource sourcing...

COMMENT

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

Why post-contract variation is becoming the mortgage market’s next battleground

For much of the past decade, mortgage technology investment has focused on origination and with good reason. Faster decisions in principle, automated affordability assessments,...

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Zoopla signs Manchester Super Giants shirt deal

Zoopla has become the first official front-of-shirt partner of Manchester Super Giants for the...

Southwest Knotweed launches identification app

Southwest Knotweed Group has launched an app designed to help mortgage and property professionals...

Broker Conveyancing launches referral hub for advisers

Broker Conveyancing has launched a referral platform intended to make it quicker for mortgage...

House price rise puts mortgage resilience in sharper focus

Homebuyers should consider how they would meet mortgage payments if illness or injury affected...

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