Technology

Expanding Step One Finance launches broker portal

Step One Finance has unveiled its online broker portal and also made a number...

Goldentree extends its social media activity

Goldentree has relaunched their Twitter account, @GoldentreeFS, and will also be releasing marketing materials...

SortRefer endorses Land Registry’s digital conveyancing consultation

SortRefer believes the Land Registry should now focus on modernisation and bring forward plans to move...

BEP Systems powers online Landbay platform

BEP Systems has developed an online application process and underwriting platform for buy-to-let lending specialist...

The Source joins up with Adviser Portals

Source Insurance has partnered with specialist broker website provider, AdviserPortals, to create a joint...

New secure client portal for the Key

Mortgage Brain has launched a new secure online Client Portal within the Key. It can be...

Callcredit partners with Smartr365 to speed up applications

Callcredit Information Group has announced a partnership with a new fintech platform, Smartr365, to speed...

HSBC announces more branch closures

HSBC is to shut another 62 bank branches the year.  The decision is likely to lead to...

Aldermore appoints CIO

Aldermore has announced the appointment of Rebecca Bunyan as its chief information officer (CIO). She...

Source helps brokers to take on comparison websites

Source Insurance has launched a new range of exclusive integration options designed to empower intermediaries to...

Major funding for digital mortgage broker

Digital mortgage broker Habito has raised £5.5m in Series A funding led by Silicon...

Conveyancing Association announces new affiliate member

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has announced the addition of Legal Eye to its roster...

New functionality for TBMC’s SAQS

TBMC has introduced new functionality for its buy-to-let Sourcing and Quotation System (SAQS) which will...

Twenty7Tec improves further advance sourcing

Twenty7Tec has made improvements to its MortgageSource system, that will enable brokers to compare...

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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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Wider mortgage options put borrower circumstances in focus on Lenders Live

Borrowers with historic credit problems and smaller deposits have more routes to explore, but...

Christodoulides joins ConveyBuddy as head of distribution

Former NatWest national account manager Luke Christodoulides has joined ConveyBuddy as head of distribution. Christodoulides...

MorganAsh adds BSL translation to customer websites

MorganAsh has introduced British Sign Language translations across its corporate website and itswhoiam.me consumer...

London flat owners face highest risk of resale losses

Nearly four in 10 London flats resold after being held for between five and...

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