Technology

Target reports 11% rise in turnover

Target Group has reported a third consecutive year of growth in its annual results. The...

FHL unveils new introducer portal

Foundation Home Loans has announced the launch of the first stage of its online proposition...

Together and AToM partner with new integrated mortgage system

Together has partnered with All Types of Mortgages Ltd (AToM). The specialist lender was selected...

Tenet offers access to the Key

Tenet Group has extended its partnership with Mortgage Brain and is now offering its...

Y3S offers free bridging AVMs

Y3S is now offering free Automated Valuations (AVMs) on some of its first and second...

Conveyancing Association partners with InfoTrack

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has announced a partnership with InfoTrack, a new conveyancing services provider. The...

Positive first to use Precise’s bridging AVM

Positive Lending has been able to provide its first ‘same day’ bridging offer by using Precise Mortgage’s...

Fluent Money seeks to cut identity fraud risk

Second charge distributor Fluent Money has invested in an ID scanning solution from TrustID...

Specialist Financial Services to use Bluechip Broker

Target Group is to supply its Bluechip Broker system to Specialist Financial Services, a...

Shawbrook completes first deal with E-AIP

Shawbrook Commercial has announced its first completion generated via E-AIP. The deal was made with...

Arun Estates expands partnership with Mortgage Brain

Arun Estates has extended its partnership with Mortgage Brain by committing to use MortgageBrain...

LendInvest unveils new intermediary website

LendInvest has launched a new website designed for mortgage intermediaries. The new site, intermediaries.lendinvest.com, provides...

39% of small businesses look to invest in IT

A new survey commissioned by asset finance and leasing specialist Norton Folgate has revealed...

Optimum Credit now on a sourcing system

Mortgage Brain has revealed that second charge provider Optimum Credit has decided to allow...

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...

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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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