Technology

Novium adds L&G’s critical illness cover to sourcing platform

Advisers using Novium’s protection sourcing platform can now quote Legal & General’s critical illness...

Acre expands partnership with Iress to include protection sourcing

Acre has strengthened its ties with fintech provider Iress by selecting the firm to...

MAB rolls out Comentis tool to bolster support for vulnerable customers

Mortgage Advice Bureau is deploying a new digital assessment tool across its broker network...

Twenty7tec and FinCalc integrate to streamline adviser planning

Twenty7tec has further improved its adviser technology offering by integrating its customer relationship management...

Castle Trust Bank revamps website to streamline broker access

Castle Trust Bank has launched a new website aimed at simplifying the way brokers...

Afin Bank joins Mortgage Brain platforms

Mortgage Brain has added Afin Bank to its Sourcing Brain and Criteria Brain platforms,...

SPONSORED CONTENT: LendWell – the mortgage platform built for brokers

The mortgage industry talks a lot about innovation. But most of the time what...

Family homes anchor shifting mortgage market

Mortgage search activity saw an abrupt summer cooldown last month, with demand falling more...

Rightmove mortgage revenues double as digital growth strategy pays off

Rightmove has more than doubled the size of its mortgages business in the first...

NatWest appoints PEXA to digitise remortgage process

NatWest has signed a formal agreement with PEXA Group to begin implementing the digital...

Acre reports 200% growth in mortgage submissions

Acre, the intermediary platform, has reported a 200% year-on-year increase in mortgage submissions. The London-based...

InfoTrack marks 10 years with launch of smart Enquiries tool to tackle transaction delays

InfoTrack has unveiled a new Enquiries solution designed to streamline one of the most...

AI won’t replace mortgage brokers – but those who don’t adapt could be left behind, say industry leaders

Artificial intelligence is set to transform the mortgage industry but it won’t replace the...

Why the mortgage industry must digitise for the customer, not just for compliance

Home buyers today can manage their finances, verify their ID and even order a...

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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Net zero rules targeted in housebuilding shake-up

The Conservatives have pledged to strip as much as £50,000 from the cost of...

Tories put stamp duty abolition at heart of housing shake-up

The Conservatives have pledged again to scrap stamp duty as part of a housing...

Target Group adds Carla Stent to board

Target Group has appointed Carla Stent as a non-executive director, adding further financial services,...

Later life lending summit to focus on changing advice needs

Mortgage advisers will be encouraged to consider how longer borrowing lives and increasingly complex...

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