Technology

Trio of lenders integrate with APAC’s mortgage software

Precise Mortgages, Shawbrook Bank and Together have become the first three lenders to begin to...

Brokers back Shawbrook’s digital application service

Shawbrook Commercial has said it has received an "encouraging reception" to the launch of its new...

SMS unveils online system for brokers

Solent Mortgage Services (SMS) has launched its new front end online system for brokers. It offers an...

Electronic conveyancing forms unveiled

Legal technology firm Zylpha has launched a suite of eConveyancing forms that it claims fully...

Shawbrook unveils digital application process

Shawbrook Bank Commercial Mortgages has launched a new digital application service – E-AIP -...

Mortgage Brain “delighted” with secured sourcing response

Mortgage Brain has claimed that LoansBrain, its new secured loans sourcing system, has seen...

Engaged CRM completes Twenty7Tec sourcing integration

Engaged CRM, which provides CRM solutions to the finance, mortgage, secured loan and bridging intermediary...

LLA and ERC members to benefit from new sourcing tool

A new sourcing system for equity release and retirement lending products being launched in...

Target integrates sourcing into Bluechip

Target Group has announced the integration of Twenty7Tec’s mortgage and secured loan sourcing software...

New board appointments at Mortgage Brain

Mortgage Brain has announced the appointment of Sharon Marshall and Suzanne Green to its...

Vizolution unveils new video and telephony solution

Vizolution has launched a new video and telephony solution - vVid - that is...

Skipton extends web chat to eMortgage system

Skipton Intermediaries is extending its web chat service to provide further support to brokers. It...

Firm highlights aggregator site ‘risks’

Paymentshield has published a white paper which provides a overview and analysis of the risks...

Why you should be on Twitter

On the day that I write this it’s the tenth anniversary of the launch of...

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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