Technology

Cotality and Landbay streamline buy-to-let submissions with integration

Landbay has become the first buy-to-let lender to integrate brokers directly into Cotality’s Buy...

Pure Retirement launches new adviser-centric website

Lifetime mortgage lender Pure Retirement has unveiled a newly overhauled website aimed at improving...

Open banking and smart data transformed finance – now it’s time to do the same for property

The UK is set for a 'smart data' revolution, a revolution which began with...

Keystone Property Finance unveils proprietary AI to streamline submissions

Keystone Property Finance has launched a new proprietary artificial intelligence system designed to enhance...

OPDA selected as Smart Data Challenge finalist to prototype future of home buying and selling

The Open Property Data Association (OPDA) has been named one of 10 finalists in...

Acre adds RMAR automation to ease regulatory burden on advisers

Acre has introduced automated Retail Mediation Activities Return (RMAR) reporting to its CRM system...

FCA opens AI sandbox with NVIDIA to accelerate innovation in financial services

The Financial Conduct Authority has announced the launch of a new ‘Supercharged Sandbox’ designed...

The Yorkshire named UK’s most efficient building society

Yorkshire Building Society has been named the most efficient mutual in the UK, topping...

Lendco products now live on Mortgage Brain platforms

Specialist buy-to-let lender Lendco has joined Mortgage Brain’s Sourcing Brain and Criteria Brain platforms. The...

NACFB appoints Nivo as official AI partner

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers has named Nivo as its official AI...

OMS deepens integration with Nationwide

One Mortgage System (OMS) has expanded its integration with Nationwide Building Society following the...

Foxtons eyes £50m profit as it sharpens focus on mortgage growth

Estate agency group Foxtons set out the second phase of its transformation strategy today,...

Pure Retirement integrates with MBT in lifetime mortgage sector-first

Pure Retirement has become the first specialist lifetime mortgage lender to be added to...

Supporting downsizers could ease the housing crisis, says OPDA

Helping older homeowners to downsize could play a critical role in easing the UK’s...

COMMENT

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

Why post-contract variation is becoming the mortgage market’s next battleground

For much of the past decade, mortgage technology investment has focused on origination and with good reason. Faster decisions in principle, automated affordability assessments,...

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Zoopla signs Manchester Super Giants shirt deal

Zoopla has become the first official front-of-shirt partner of Manchester Super Giants for the...

Southwest Knotweed launches identification app

Southwest Knotweed Group has launched an app designed to help mortgage and property professionals...

Broker Conveyancing launches referral hub for advisers

Broker Conveyancing has launched a referral platform intended to make it quicker for mortgage...

House price rise puts mortgage resilience in sharper focus

Homebuyers should consider how they would meet mortgage payments if illness or injury affected...

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