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Q&A: Liz Syms, Connect for Intermediaries

Mortgage Soup fires the questions at Liz Syms, CEO of Connect for Intermediaries. Mortgage Soup...

How tech is shaping the future of mortgage lending

For generations, banks and building societies across the UK have played a critical role...

Equifax UK’s new lender solution promises better affordability assessments

Equifax UK has launched Affordability 360, a new solution for lenders. It mixes bureau insights...

MPowered Mortgages creates digital broker community

MPowered Mortgages has launched a dedicated broker community platform, hosted on its website. The aim...

OMS offers Selena Finance ‘quick quote’ functionality

OMS has partnered with Selina Finance to launch a 'quick quote' function for the...

Active Mortgages adopts CRM from Acre

Active Mortgages, a mortgage brokerage which specialises in arranging solutions for self-employed individuals, business...

Hinckley & Rugby selects OBV to transform application process

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has adopted OpenBanking Vision (OBV) to streamline the mortgage...

LBG’s private equity business invests in LendingMetrics

Credit risk tech firm, LendingMetrics, has secured a major investment from private equity investor,...

OMS extends Sourcing Brain deal

OMS has agreed a further three-year contract extension with Sourcing Brain, Mortgage Brain’s online...

Bluestone Mortgages introduces residential affordability calculator

Bluestone Mortgages has become the latest lender to offer an online residential affordability calculator. It...

Hinckley & Rugby BS introduces remortgage service with PEXA

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has partnered with PEXA to speed up its remortgage...

CoPSO and OPDA to cooperate on digitising homebuying process

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) and the Open Property Data Association (OPDA)...

Cumberland BS partners with Mast for new broker portal

Cumberland Building Society has launched its new broker portal in partnership with Mast. The new...

Lender technology still a burden for brokers

46% of brokers are always having to deal with a technical issue or glitch...

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What the agents say: 2026 housing market predictions

Next year should be a year of steady progress for the housing market. After a challenging 2025 where we saw little to no house...

Graham McClelland on Britain’s broken mortgage market

When Graham McClelland, the youthful and quietly intense chief executive of Gen H, arrived at the City of London office of the fast-growing mortgage...

Younger consumers are ready for protection. So why aren’t we reaching them?

For years, the protection market has assumed that younger adults are less engaged with financial risk planning. Yet the latest findings from Bruised Britain...

The buy-to-let market continues to defy expectations

Perception and reality are often mistaken for one another. That is especially true in the buy-to-let market, where sentiment frequently diverges from what is...

Advisers are missing a clear chance to help clients with survey advice

For years, advisers have often seen surveys as something outside their core work. Some did not know enough about them. Some were unsure how...

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MPs launch inquiry into OBR’s first 15 years

The Treasury Committee has launched an inquiry to reflect on the Office for Budget...

Atom backs investor’s move into commercial property with £3m warehouse loan

Atom bank has completed a £3 million commercial mortgage to support an established residential...

CHL Mortgages widens upper LTV range with new fixed-rate options

CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries has expanded its upper loan-to-value range with a series of...

Swansea Building Society expands West Wales leadership remit

Swansea Building Society has promoted Sioned Jones to area manager, West Wales, with effect...

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