Technology

UKMortgages passes major milestone

Mortgage Brain’s mobile app UKMortgages has now been accessed and used over one million times...

Wesleyan to use Vizolution to provide remote advice to customers

Wesleyan is launching a new remote advice service. Following a successful pilot project, resulting in...

Pancredit hires sales manager

Pancredit has appointed Sarah Jackson as sales manager for London and the South. Jackson has...

SME lender unveils broker platform

Iwoca has launched its new broker platform, which allows brokers same day access to...

SortRefer unveils conveyancing app

Online conveyancing portal SortRefer has released what it claims to be the first app...

L&G offers online TV channel for club members

Legal & General Mortgage Club has launched a new online TV channel, Mortgage Club TV. It is...

MortgageSource adopted by HomeLoan Partnership

MortgageSource, Twenty7Tec's cloud based mortgage sourcing system, has been selected by national mortgage network...

New associate member for CML

OchreSoft Technologies has become an associate of the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML). OchreSoft supplies...

Barclays offers customer document photograph option

Barclays has made changes to its online mortgage submission system used by mortgage brokers...

MortgageSource partners with 360 Lifecycle CRM

Online sourcing system provider Twenty7Tec Group and CRM solutions firm 360 Lifecycle have agreed...

The Skipton becomes ‘hybrid-ready’

Skipton Building Society has embarked upon a three-year deal with a managed and hybrid...

Exeter Family Friendly praises UnderwriteMe’s effectiveness

Exeter Family Friendly has seen immediate benefit after successfully integrating UnderwriteMe into its...

20 tablet computers up for grabs

Broker Conveyancing has unveiled its January tablet promotion. Every broker using the conveyancing distributor...

Brokers praise Mortgage Vision events

96% of attendees of the 2014 series of Mortgage Vision events rated them...

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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