Technology

Vizolution unveils Click-to-Call for vScreen

Vizolution has launched new functionality for its screen sharing for financial services solution, vScreen. Click-to-Call can...

CDS Group acquired by Mortgage 27 owner

Verso Capital, the private equity owner of Mortgage 27, has completed the acquisition of...

Mortgage Brain claims usage boost for The Key

Mortgage Brain has reported a 21% increase in usage of The Key, its point-of-sale,...

Mortgage Brain improves buy-to-let functionality

Mortgage Brain has added sourcing filters to its buy-to-let capability. The existing functionality provides...

L&G adopts Vizolution screen sharing technology

L&G is now using Vizolution’s vScreen screen sharing solution as an integral element in...

Trigold parent acquired

Australian technology provider IRESS has acquired Avelo, subject to regulatory approval from the Financial...

Scottish Provident adds critical illness adviser microsite

Scottish Provident has introduced a new website for advisers with a  toolkit for use...

Y3S adds remortgage comparison module to miLoan

Y3S's secured loan sourcing system miloanbroker.com is now offering an integrated module to instantly...

Vizolution appoints business development director

Vizolution has hired Frank McCarthy as its business development director. McCarthy is tasked with...

New SFI app available

Santander for Intermediaries (SFI) has updated its iPhone app. The app is now available to...

Senior hire for Vizolution

Vizolution has appointed a customer propositions director. Marcio Rodrigues will lead Vizolution's strategy to provide...

The Source provides clients with online document access

Source Insurance has committed to reducing its carbon footprint and announced that clients can...

New look for InterBay

InterBay Commercial has unveiled a new look brand and website. The lender claims its new...

Berkeley Alexander improves Quote & Buy system

Berkeley Alexander has implemented the next stage in the evolution of its online Household...

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

First-time buyer affordability remains strained despite narrowing house price gap

Only 12.1% of potential first-time buyers can afford the average starter home in their...

Royal London targets GP report delays with digital service

Royal London is expanding its use of digital medical evidence in an effort to...

Equifinance names Jackie Burchill as lending operations director

Equifinance has appointed Jackie Burchill as director of lending operations as the second charge...

House price-to-income ratio falls to 11-year low as mortgage costs rise

The gap between UK house prices and earnings has narrowed to its lowest level...

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