Technology

First bridging lender appears on Trigold

Fincorp has become the first bridging lender to be listed on the Avelo Trigold...

Mortgage Brain launches iPad mortgage sourcing app

Mortgage Brain has widened its mobile technology offering with the launch of an iPad...

Over 55,000 downloads of UKMortgages app

Mortgage Brain has reported that over 55,000 consumer downloads of its mobile app,...

Avelo Trigold unveils new buy-to-let sourcing tool

Avelo Trigold is now starting to offer a new 'enhanced buy-to-let' module as...

New system puts SMEs in touch with commercial brokers

210,000 SMEs now have the ability to get funding from NACFB commercial broker members,...

PruProtect unveils app for iPad-using advisers

PruProtect has launched a new iPad app for financial advisers. The app is aimed at...

MortgageKeeper agrees integration and partnership deal with Avelo

MortgageKeeper CRM system users will soon be able use an integrated ‘white label’ version...

Source Insurance unveils enhanced management information tool

Source Insurance has published details of a new addition to its software capabilities in...

Weekend ‘outage’ for lender

BM Solutions says its systems will be unavailable on Sunday for IS and Mortgages. The...

Tenet launches social media initiative

Tenet has introduced a compliance-approved social media framework for its advisers. This follows the group’s...

The Loans Engine unveils intermediary case tracker

The Loans Engine has launched an online system which it says will allow intermediaries...

Holloway Friendly unveils new IT system

Holloway Friendly has upgraded its IT systems, with the aim of making quotations and...

Hometrack wins Nationwide contract

Hometrack has won a three year contract to supply Nationwide with a range of...

The Loans Engine added to Avelo Trigold loans panel

The Loans Engine has joined the loans panel on Trigold’s Prospector sourcing system. Richard Keen,...

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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