Technology

LV= unveils retirement microsite for advisers

LV= has launched the Retirement Centre, a microsite designed to provide advisers with practical...

Software defined networking: the future?

The four giants of the internet age - Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon -...

The Avelo Experience to tour UK

Avelo is staging The Avelo Experience, a series of 10 free events aimed at...

Bill Safran launches new business

A new business called Vizolution has been launched for a former CEO of Trigold,...

Connect Mortgage Club offers landlord insurance module

Connect Mortgage Club (CMC), part of the Connect Group, is now providing its appointed...

Collections market targeted by iState Systems’ app

iState Systems has unveiled new collections functionality on its Apprivo system. The new Apprivo...

The Newbury selects new mortgage and savings software

The Newbury Building Society has signed a five-year managed service contract with Sopra Group...

Planned outage for BM Solutions

BM Solutions has warned that there is scheduled system outage on Sunday. It has informed...

Y3S to launch miLoan for iPhone

Y3S Loans is due to launch a smartphone and tablet application version of its...

LeadPoint UK founder quits

LeadPoint UK founder and managing director Nick Chapman is to leave the business. Chapman set...

Sesame Bankhall Group launches new GI portal

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) will be rolling out a new General Insurance (GI) proposition...

The tech revolution on the high street

From buying coffee to internet banking, online activity has a major role to play...

Mortgage Brain claims growth in all products

Mortgage Brain has reported "significant growth" across all areas of the business over...

Aviva unveils ‘fees-ability’ app

Aviva has launched its ‘Fees-ability' iPad app, which it claims will assist advisers in...

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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