Technology

Promise upgrades its sourcing portal

Promise Solutions has introduced a new version of its secured loan sourcing portal,...

Intermediary portal launched

BancTec has introduced Broker Portal, a web gateway that allows brokers to submit multiple...

Move with Us adds public notice properties tracking

Move with Us has improved its whitehot property website. The changes are designed to help...

Openwork to use white-labelled Mortgage Brain sourcing app

Mortgage Brain has developed a white-labelled version of its new iPad pre sales...

Keystone unveils free broker iPhone app

A new iPhone app from Keystone Buy to Let Mortgages allows brokers to look...

Effective startup funding is key

Keeping up with the latest technological innovations is fundamental to business success and laws...

In Brief: planned BM Solutions’ ‘outage’

BM Solutions says it will be performing essential maintenance on its system over the...

First Complete in protection clawback alert scheme

First Complete is now offering a new notification system to let its members know...

Vizolution makes top 50 ‘watchlist’

Vizolution has been included in the 2013 FinTech50 Watchlist, a shortlist of 50 companies...

PruProtect offers new protection client email tool

PruProtect has unveiled a free personalised email campaign service for intermediaries. The Connect tool, which...

Coventry Building Society to use Vizolution screen sharing

Coventry Building Society is to utilise Vizolution’s screen sharing technology vScreen to improve its...

Paragon unveils app for case management

Paragon has launched a case management iPhone app for brokers. The bespoke portal and...

Amendments made to Broker Conveyancing website and online portal

Broker Conveyancing has relaunched its website and online portal offering. The changes to the website...

RBS systems break down again

Thousands of customers of Royal Bank of Scotland, Nat West and Ulster Bank were...

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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