Technology

Phoebus Software appoints CTO

Phoebus Software Ltd (PSL) has appointed Neil Dyke as its new chief technical officer...

New website for Fleet Mortgages

Fleet Mortgages has revamped its website, offering a simpler and more intuitive design to...

SaaS firm joins ASTL as associate member

BrightOffice has joined the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) as its latest associate...

Sense Network adopts Mortgage Brain software

Sense Network has become the latest firm to select Mortgage Brain as its preferred...

Conveyancing: improving technology is only part of the answer

A recent survey of mortgage applicants and home owners concluded that the major area...

Mortgage Force adopts iPipeline’s protection solution

IPipeline has announced that Mortgage Force has adopted its protection modelling and sourcing solution,...

Personal Touch unveils Virtual Introducer

Personal Touch has launched its new client referral technology, Virtual Introducer, which will provide its members...

Private equity acquisition of DPR and eKeeper

Technology focused private equity investment firm Norland Capital has acquired DPR and eKeeper. DPR...

360 Dot Net partners with Ingard

Ingard is to use the 360 Lifecycle CRM system. The system has been developed by 360...

Equiniti acquires loan management tech firm

Equiniti Group has announced the acquisition of the Nostrum Group. Nostrum is a provider of...

Virgin Money offers improved intermediary portal

Virgin Money is now offering a new intermediary mortgage portal following a partnership with...

Former Deutsche Bank COO becomes MortgageGym adviser

Mortgage 'robo-adviser' MortgageGym.com has announced that Henry Ritchotte, former chief operating officer of Deutsche Bank...

Poor technology to blame for slow conveyancing

The conveyancing sector is seen as less technologically sophisticated than brokers, lenders and valuers...

Mortgage Brain adds second charge lenders to system

Mortgage Brain has partnered with Central Trust, Masthaven Bank, Norton Finance, Precise Mortgages, Paragon...

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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...

Latest news

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...

House prices stall as mortgage costs and Budget uncertainty weigh on market

UK house prices were unchanged in September as higher mortgage rates and wider economic...

Remortgage activity rebounds as higher rates weigh on home purchases

Remortgage applications returned to annual growth in the third quarter, helping to offset a...

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