Technology

Online mortgage applications “set to double”

16% of homeowners applied for their current mortgage online and this is set to...

Charlbury Group updates field agent system

The Charlbury Group has unveiled its new Field Agent System that allows lenders to...

Vizolution behind Santander innovation award

Santander has won the Innovation Award 2014 for Digital Customer Solutions. The award was for...

Metro Bank launches .London site

Metro Bank has revealed its new website MetroBank.London as part of the launch of...

Tenet offers new social media service

Tenet has selected Social Advisors Ltd to provide a social media service with compliant...

Vizolution expands financial services coverage

Vizolution has launched its screen sharing solution vScreen into the pensions sector. During the Budget,...

Bridgebank Capital unveils mobile site

Bridgebank Capital has launched its new mobile website with a redeveloped application platform. The lender's...

Metro Bank unveils online mortgage portal

Metro Bank is introducing a new online mortgage portal to be used by brokers...

Paradigm to hold MMR debate via Twitter

Paradigm Mortgage Services is to use social media as a means of widening the...

Target makes key sales hire

Target Group has announced the appointment of Steve Khan as its loan servicing sales...

Vizolution appoints sales director

Vizolution has appointed Peter Nicol as sales director. He has over 20 years’ experience...

New NACFB site a “game changer” for SMEs seeking finance

A new online matching service has been launched by the National Association of Commercial...

Paradigm Protect to hold Twitter debate

Paradigm Protect, the newly launched protection proposition for advisory firms, is to hold a...

Vizolution wins software award

Vizolution has seen its screen sharing solution vScreen named Innovative Software of the Year...

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...

Latest news

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...

Life changes could create new wave of accidental landlords

Changes in personal circumstances rather than investment plans could push more homeowners into the...

Remortgage searches jump 40% as borrowers return after summer

Remortgage activity drove a sharp rise in mortgage searches during September, with Twenty7tec recording...

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