Technology

Suffolk BS joins Mortgage Broker Tools platform to broaden intermediary reach

Suffolk Building Society has partnered with Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT), making its full product...

Phoebus team lends volunteering support to Solihull social enterprise

Employees from Solihull-based Phoebus Software have spent a day volunteering at Newlands Bishop Farm,...

Vida unveils AI chatbot to expand broker support

Specialist mortgage lender Vida has launched an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot to improve support for...

Lenderhive launches to simplify access to green mortgages

A new digital mortgage brokerage, Lenderhive, has officially launched today, promising to simplify the...

LMS improves its remortgage technology with DART update

LMS has announced an update to its Decisioning and Automated Remortgage Technology (DART), aimed...

Habito selects Prime Property Finance as final member of inaugural Accelerator cohort

Prime Property Finance has been named as the third and final firm to join...

Redwood Bank appoints new CITO to spearhead digital transformation

Redwood Bank has named Simon Goodyear as its new chief information and technology officer...

15 lenders join LMS-led sandbox to push digital property transaction reform

15 lenders have joined the National Property Transaction Network (NPTN) Sandbox, an innovation platform...

Finova appointee to spearhead new customer success division

Finova has announced the appointment of Ray Barry as customer success director. Barry’s appointment comes...

The Leeds and L&C streamline applications with open banking pilot

Leeds Building Society and L&C Mortgages have introduced a new automated process that enables...

Cautious second-steppers delay moves as hopes rise for autumn rate cuts

A growing sense of cautious optimism among homeowners is slowing remortgage activity, according to...

HomeOwners Alliance deploys MQube’s AI chatbot to assist homebuyers

The HomeOwners Alliance has launched a new AI-powered chatbot on its website, designed to...

JammJar unveils “adviser-first” AI platform amid mounting FCA pressures

New AI-driven platforms are set to reshape the UK mortgage sector as brokers face...

Younger workers show strong appetite for insurance against AI job loss

New research suggests that a significant majority of younger UK workers would purchase insurance...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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