Technology

LSL hires social media marketing specialist

Carly McCormick, formerly marketing manager for the Economist has joined First Complete and Pink...

NWIS unveils mortgage application tracker

NatWest Intermediary Solutions (NWIS) has launched a new ‘real-time’ online mortgage application tracking system. It...

360DotNet integrates with SortRefer

360DotNet has integrated SortRefer’s online conveyancing portal into 360 Dotnet’s client management system, 360 Lifecycle. Specifically designed...

Paratus AMC makes IT board appointment

Paratus AMC has appointed Roulla Williams as chief technology officer. She joins the residential...

Aldermore unveils Landlord Hub

Aldermore has announced the launch of a new Landlord Hub, designed to host information...

FCA to consult on payday loan comparison website standards

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its response to the Competition and Market...

PTFS chooses technology partner

Personal Touch Financial Services has announced the selection of Distribution Technology (DT) as the network’s...

Significant expansion for Equiniti Pancredit

Equiniti Pancredit has announced 14 new appointments. The appointments include: Beth Greenwood, customer delivery consultant; David Kilroy,...

Brokers still uncertain about social media

While two-thirds of brokers regularly use social media, only 56% use social media for...

PTFS partners with iPipeline

Personal Touch Financial Services has announced a new partnership with technology supplier iPipeline to integrate the SolutionBuilder protection...

The Skipton using Mortgage Brain to measure competitiveness

The Skipton Building Society is now using a customised version of Mortgage Brain’s mortgage product...

Vizolution appoints account director

Vizolution has announced the appointment of John Goodall to the position of account director. He has over 20 years’...

New associate member for the ASTL

Synectics Solutions has joined the Association of Shot Term Lenders (ASTL) as an associate...

Secured loan packager selects sourcing platform

The Lending Channel, the secured loan packager formerly known as Blimey Loans, has chosen...

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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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