Technology

Twenty7tec launches Steppl portal to streamline adviser-client communication

Twenty7tec has launched Steppl, an AI-ready client engagement platform designed to reduce administration and...

Iamproperty joins drive for open property data standards

Iamproperty has joined the Open Property Data Association (OPDA) as the industry seeks to...

BrokerSync grows network after Acre technology deal

BrokerSync has expanded its appointed representative network to 24 firms in the six months...

TransUnion widens consumer credit score range to 0 – 999

TransUnion has introduced a new consumer credit score in the UK, although the credit...

PLS Solicitors completes conveybuddy platform integration

PLS Solicitors has completed the integration of its case management system with the conveybuddy...

Mortgage Brain training programme gains LIBF accreditation

Mortgage Brain has secured continuing professional development accreditation from LIBF for its adviser training...

JammJar adds iPipeline protection sourcing to mortgage platform

JammJar has integrated iPipeline's protection sourcing technology into its artificial intelligence-powered operating system for...

James Miller & Associates renews Stonebridge partnership

The Cornwall-based mortgage and protection firm James Miller & Associates has extended its partnership...

ClearPath AI launches with £1m backing for mortgage and property platform

ClearPath AI has raised £1 million in pre-seed funding to launch an artificial intelligence...

Finova appoints Tredwell to lead data strategy

Finova has appointed Tom Tredwell as Director of Data as the mortgage technology provider...

Allisons adopts JammJar platform for mortgage advice operations

Allisons Financial Planning has adopted JammJar’s AI-powered operating system to manage its client and...

Mortgage industry backs alcohol-free MIMHC lunch

An alcohol-free event organised by the Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) has secured...

Rosemount adopts intelliflo office for adviser network

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has integrated intelliflo office as its new customer relationship management...

Target Group launches staff AI programme for regulated finance

Target Group has launched an AI Champion programme to encourage the responsible use of...

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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