Technology

Face-to-face communication in a digital age

Specialist advice is key because every case is different and is based on the...

Pepper revamps website

Pepper Homeloans has updated its website with the aim of making it quicker and...

Brightstar moves into unsecured lending

Brightstar has partnered with DotBroker to provide its intermediaries with exclusive access to a...

AIR Sourcing partners with PTFS

AIR Sourcing has embarked upon a new relationship with Personal Touch Financial Services (PTFS). The...

Tesco Bank suffers hacking attack

Tesco Bank has confirmed that some of its customers’ current accounts have been subject to...

Mortgage Brain hires lender development manager

Mortgage Brain has appointed Karen Faulkner as its new lender development manager.     Faulkner's role will...

NatWest IS unveils new website

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has revealed its new website, with redesigned navigation and content. From the home...

Two further awards for Vizolution

Vizolution has won recognition for its vDoc solution and its business growth.  NatWest’s DigiDocs, a cloud-based document...

TFC Homeloans reaches CaseBldr milestone

TFC Homeloans has passed the £1bn mark in enquiries submitted to its broker software...

Millennials look favourably at challenger mortgage lenders

51% of millennials would consider taking out a mortgage with one of the new challenger...

Second charge specialist unveils sourcing platform

V Loans has teamed up with IRESS to launch second charge sourcing via XPlan mortgage, the...

New online chat support service from Mortgage Brain

Mortgage Brain has unveiled a new online chat support service for advisers. ...

SimplyBiz Group unveils digital solution for advisers

SimplyBiz Group is introducing a new digital offering to its member and client firms. The...

Vida Homeloans selects mortgage servicer

New mortgage lender Vida Homeloans has chosen Computershare to service its assets. Computershare has won a...

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...

Latest news

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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