Technology

Keystone launches online mortgage illustration service

Keystone is now offering brokers wanting to give their landlord clients a detailed...

RDR has contracted the adviser market

There was much speculation in the lead-up to the implementation of the RDR about...

UK banking behind on technology

The bank of the future holds many layers of mystery and unimaginable scope for...

Xit2 hires commercial director

Stuart Webster has been appointed commercial director at xit2. Webster comes to the mortgage...

Marlborough Stirling takes chunk of Canadian market

Mortgage technology provider Marlborough Stirling, part of Vertex Financial Services, has announced a series...

Customer portal launched for MortgageKeeper users

Advisers using MortgageKeeper, the CRM and workflow system for mortgage and financial advisers, can...

Openwork launches Life Calc protection app

Openwork has unveiled its new Apple app which allows advisers to assess their clients’...

miLoan registers 5,000 brokers

Y3S has reported a landmark in the history of its sourcing system miloanbroker.com following...

Mortgage Brain outlines seminar schedule

Mortgage Brain has announced the launch of its 2013 series of Working Smarter' seminars,...

New website works wonders for SortRefer

SortRefer has reported a surge in intermediary activity following the launch of its new...

iState Systems launches broker portal

iState Systems' newly launched Apprivo Broker Portal now allows advisers to submit mortgage or...

Vizolution secures funding

Bill Safran’s Vizolution has secured funding from Finance Wales and Notion Capital. Vizolution has raised...

Aldermore to use Mortgage Brain

Aldermore has opted to use Mortgage Brain’s new Lender Retail point-of-sale solution to support...

Cambridge & Counties signs deal with Phoebus Software

Phoebus Software has agreed a five-year deal with Cambridge & Counties Bank (CC Bank)...

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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