Technology

Target and Freedom Finance launch unsecured lender

Target Group has has joined with Freedom Finance to support the launch of BumbleBee...

FSE London: more technological integration necessary

The intermediary community has been challenged to embrace a wider range of technological enhancements...

Research reveals national technology hubs

Silicon Roundabout in London's Old Stress district is home to a greater density of...

ABI seeks to reassure over personal data

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has published a new consumer guide on ‘How...

Free new online tool for landlords

A free new online property management tool aimed at changing the way landlords and...

Three new associates for the CML

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has announced that three new associates have joined...

IRESS: making “pleasing progress” in UK

IRESS has published its half year results for the six months to 30 June 2015,...

Police Mutual selects Mortgage Brain

Police Mutual has chosen Mortgage Brain’s suite of mortgage technology solutions for its mortgage...

New intermediary portal from the Saffron

Saffron For Intermediaries has launched its new Intermediary Mortgage Portal. The dedicated broker channel of Saffron...

Boardroom changes at Target

Target Group has announced a restructuring of its board to prepare the business for further growth...

LV= invests in ‘robo-adviser’ 

Retirement player LV= has taken a majority stake in automated advice business Wealth Wizards. LV=...

Halifax launches mobile AIP tool

Halifax has unveiled a mobile Agreement in Principle (AIP) tool which it claims lets...

New product manager for Twenty7Tec Group

Twenty7Tec has appointed John Penn as the new product manager for its MortgageApply platform. Penn...

NACFB platform plans reach next step

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) has revealed that it has received...

COMMENT

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...

Why the AI revolution could be a golden age for financial advice

Every major technological shift creates the same debate: will it empower professionals to do more, or eventually replace them? Artificial intelligence is simply the latest...

Should mortgage advisers consider the emerging secondary market for life policies?

Mortgage advisers regularly help clients navigate major life changes. While much of the focus is naturally on borrowing, refinancing and insurance, there is another...

One mortgage journey no longer fits every borrower

In the mortgage market, we have lots of different ways of describing customers depending on where they are in their lives. We talk about...

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Ireland boosts Help to Buy as UK prepares new first-time buyer scheme

Ireland has increased the maximum support available to first-time buyers under its Help to...

Reeves ranked least successful of five recent chancellors in poll

Rachel Reeves has been rated the least successful of the past five chancellors in...

Teachers for Intermediaries raises new-build LTV limit to 95%

Teachers for Intermediaries has increased its maximum LTV on new-build houses and flats to...

Cambridge BS opens applications for deposit-building Rent to Home scheme

The Cambridge Building Society has opened applications for its Rent to Home property in...

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