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Property Butler offers conveyancing app

Property Butler, the conveyancing and concierge service for estate agents, has launched a mobile...

Shawbrook Commercial extends E-AIP service

Shawbrook’s commercial mortgages team has announced that the E-AIP platform is now available for...

The Source upgrades GI platform

The Source has released a number of improvements to its online general insurance platform. This...

MTE adopted by Irish broker organisation

The Association of Expert Mortgage Advisors (AEMA), which accounts for nearly 50% of all...

Mortgage Brain migrates to cloud platform

Mortgage Brain has selected NaviSite Europe as its cloud services partner. Mortgage Brain is...

It’s a digital world

If there are any die-hard Madonna fans out there, forgive me for paraphrasing but...

The Mortgage Lender signs up 500 brokers

Over 500 brokers have registered to do business with The Mortgage Lender during its...

LMS improves digital conveyancing portal

LMS has launched an upgrade for its customer conveyancing portal, Track My Case. Track...

LBG reports increase in online SME lending

The total amount of online lending to small businesses has doubled in the past...

Shawbrook completes first application using E-Signature

The residential mortgages team at Shawbrook Bank has completed its first application using its new...

The Exeter to replace IT platform 

Insurance IT developer TCP LifeSystems has been contracted by protection provider The Exeter to re-develop its IT platform.  TCP...

Insurance industry facing ‘customer expectation challenge’

Target Group's latest whitepaper Myth v Reality: The Expectation Gap in the UK Insurance Industry has found that...

Paymentshield improves quote results screen

Paymentshield has unveiled an enhancement to its quote and apply system aimed at providing...

Four new associates for the CML

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has welcomed four new associates, bringing the total...

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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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