Technology

CML: digital change raising borrower expectations

New research from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML),  Digital Change and Mortgage Borrowers, says...

New Leeds’ tool for borrowers into retirement

The Leeds Building Society has introduced a new tool on its intermediary website for...

Aldermore unveils new service promise and website

Aldermore has launched a new service promise to brokers. Dedicated contacts – as well...

New website for Earl Shilton BS

The Earl Shilton Building Society has marked its 160th anniversary with the launch of...

System outage planned by BM Solutions

BM Solutions has revealed that its systems will be down on 25 June 2017. There...

Keystone Property Finance unveils case tracking system

Keystone Property Finance has launched MyKeystone, an online case tracking facility for brokers using...

3mc website allows criteria comparison

3mc has improved the functionality of its website, now letting brokers compare and contrast...

Money Dashboard unveils affordability app

Money Dashboard is launching a new tool, TrueView, which offers an instant assessment of...

Target Group appoints new CFO

Target Group has appointed Iestyn Evans as the group’s new chief financial officer (CFO). Evans...

BEP Systems unveils ‘agile underwriting’

BEP Systems has designed what has dubbed an 'agile underwriting system for lenders. ...

Enra Group hires IT director

Enra Group, parent company of Enterprise Finance and West One Loans, has today announced...

CA unveils new ‘cyber newsletter’

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has launched its new cyber newsletter, dealing with a range of...

Comercial Trust extends Mortgage Brain partnership

Commercial Trust has extended its partnership with Mortgage Brain and is now offering the...

Growth continues for outsourcing firm

Target Group has reported a fourth consecutive year of growth. The figures from the 2016...

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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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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