Technology

LeadPoint UK founder quits

LeadPoint UK founder and managing director Nick Chapman is to leave the business. Chapman set...

Sesame Bankhall Group launches new GI portal

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) will be rolling out a new General Insurance (GI) proposition...

The tech revolution on the high street

From buying coffee to internet banking, online activity has a major role to play...

Mortgage Brain claims growth in all products

Mortgage Brain has reported "significant growth" across all areas of the business over...

Aviva unveils ‘fees-ability’ app

Aviva has launched its ‘Fees-ability' iPad app, which it claims will assist advisers in...

Mobile coverage affects home buying

A survey of over 2,000 UK consumers, carried out by professional network testing company...

Phoebus platform chosen by More 2 Life

Phoebus Software is to supply the IT servicing platform for equity release lender More...

Nationwide offers enhanced mte functionality

Nationwide Building Society is the first lender to adopt the Mortgage Trading Exchange’s (mte)...

Paradigm gives members bridging sourcing system

Paradigm Mortgage Services has become the first distributor to offer its members access...

CDS Group appoints BDM

CDS Group has appointed Ivan Grisedale as business development manager (BDM) for London and...

Rogue trading still alive

Of all the catastrophes banks have faced in recent years, the news of £1.4bn...

OFT reminds comparison sites over consumer clarity

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has written to 100 price comparison websites asking...

Financial services IT focussing on strategy

IT teams in financial services organisations are becoming much more strategic and this has...

Openwork app now available for Android

Openwork has launched a new version of its protection app enabling advisers to obtain...

COMMENT

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Rental barometer shows strength, but March changes the tone

Looking at our recently published Q1 2026 Rental Barometer data in isolation, there is clearly a strong and positive story to tell. Average rental...

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Flipping slump reshapes broker opportunities

Falling profitability in the property flipping market is reshaping opportunities for mortgage brokers as...

Instamo to unveil FastAdmin at broker padel event

Instamo is set to showcase its latest mortgage administration solution, FastAdmin, at a broker-focused...

Bank of Ireland brings Lauren Wiles back to national partnership role

Bank of Ireland for Intermediaries has appointed Lauren Wiles as a national partnership manager...

Skipton to cut residential rates and revive three-year fixes

Skipton Building Society is cutting rates across parts of its residential mortgage range from...

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