Technology

NatWest & Vizolution in running for tech award

NatWest and Vizolution have been shortlisted for the Best Use of Technology in Customer Service category...

UKMortgages celebrates download milestone

UKMortgages, Mortgage Brain’s mobile app, has now been downloaded over 100,000 times and accessed...

New VoIP solution for brokers unveiled

Paul Holden, former sales director of MortgageStream, has launched a new service offering voiceover...

Invoice financier partners with SME funding portal

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has joined alternativebusinessfunding.co.uk (ABF), a service for SMEs searching for...

John Charcol adopts MortgageBrain Anywhere

John Charcol has selected MortgageBrain Anywhere as its mortgage sourcing technology solution. Walter Avrili,...

New lifetime mortgage portal unveiled

Lifetime mortgage provider More 2 Life is investing in a new online portal designed to speed up applications...

Vizolution expands sales team

Vizolution has expanded its sales team with the appointment Michael Padmanathan, Alex Noble and Oli...

New conveyancing business unveiled

A new technology-led conveyancing service, When You Move, has launched. Co-founded by entrepreneur Peter Goodman...

IRESS adds new XPLAN Mortgage module

IRES has announced the release of the Advice Module, the latest addition to its...

Blueberry Mortgages opts for Twenty7Tec sourcing

Mortgage brokerage Blueberry Mortgages has selected Mortgage Source from Twenty7Tec as its sole mortgage...

Broker Conveyancing to give away 20 tablets

Broker Conveyancing has published details of its annual January tablet giveaway. This month, every...

Mortgage Brain sees 23% uplift in broker attendance

Mortgage Brain's 2015 series of Mortgage Vision events, held during October and November, saw a...

Kensington unveils new intermediary website

Kensington has launched its new website for intermediaries, following broker feedback. The lender says it...

Skipton unveils intermediary web chat pilot

Skipton Intermediaries has introduced a trial web chat service for its broker partners London...

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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