Technology

Mobile coverage affects home buying

A survey of over 2,000 UK consumers, carried out by professional network testing company...

Phoebus platform chosen by More 2 Life

Phoebus Software is to supply the IT servicing platform for equity release lender More...

Nationwide offers enhanced mte functionality

Nationwide Building Society is the first lender to adopt the Mortgage Trading Exchange’s (mte)...

Paradigm gives members bridging sourcing system

Paradigm Mortgage Services has become the first distributor to offer its members access...

CDS Group appoints BDM

CDS Group has appointed Ivan Grisedale as business development manager (BDM) for London and...

Rogue trading still alive

Of all the catastrophes banks have faced in recent years, the news of £1.4bn...

OFT reminds comparison sites over consumer clarity

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has written to 100 price comparison websites asking...

Financial services IT focussing on strategy

IT teams in financial services organisations are becoming much more strategic and this has...

Openwork app now available for Android

Openwork has launched a new version of its protection app enabling advisers to obtain...

CDS launches broker CRM system for Outlook

Client Data Systems (CDS) Group has unveiled a Microsoft Outlook-based mortgage CRM system for...

App a download hit for AFI

Abbey for Intermediaries has reported that its new iPhone app was downloaded more than...

Technology key to equity release marketing

In today’s technology savvy times, companies can ill afford to not have a web...

Exact adds real-time data to service offering

Exact Mortgage Servicing says it has improved its mortgage servicing platform by adding real-time...

New app from Fluent Money

Fluent Money is to launch its first smartphone app, Fluent View, on iTunes on...
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COMMENT

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...

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