Technology

April Mortgages using Ohpen platform

Ohpen has announced that its real-time, 'cloud-native' mortgage platform is powering April Mortgages’ proposition...

Mortgage Brain appoints national account manager

Mortgage Brain has announced the appointment of Niki Cooke as the newest addition to...

SmartSearch teams up with LSEG Risk Intelligence

SmartSearch, a provider of anti-money-laundering (AML) and digital compliance software, has partnered with LSEG...

Twenty7tec adds April Mortgages to SOURCE

Adviser technology provider Twenty7tec has announced the addition of April Mortgages to its SOURCE...

Smartr365 and Legal & General Mortgage Club renew partnership

Smartr365 has announced the renewal of its longstanding partnership with Legal & General Mortgage...

Cumberland BS partners with Mast

The Cumberland Building Society is adopting the Mast origination platform for its intermediary lending...

Cambridge Building Society extends finova partnership

Finova has announced the extension of its partnership with the Cambridge Building Society until...

Mortgage Brain partners with April Mortgages

Mortgage Brain has integrated its technology into the website of new lender, April Mortgages....

Lloyds Banking Group joins Open Property Data Association

Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) has become a member of the Open Property Data Association...

Roundtable held on future of home buying and selling 

In a bid to support improving the home buying and selling process, industry leaders...

Brightstar renews Source deal with Twenty7tec

The Brightstar Group has renewed its Source license agreement with technology provider, Twenty7tec. The...

Paradigm in technology partnership with Acre

Acre, the intermediary platform, has announced a new partnership with Paradigm, the mortgage, protection...

OneDome offers free KYC and AML checks to estate agents

OneDome, the digital homebuying platform, is offering unlimited free digital KYC and AML checks...

Client vulnerabilities being missed by lack of technology

MorganAsh has warned that those firms that haven't integrated technology to complete essential vulnerability...

COMMENT

The case for tech fluency before AI adoption in the mutual sector

It often feels like there is only one conversation taking place in financial services at the moment: artificial intelligence. Whether it’s trade shows and...

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...

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Second-steppers take larger mortgages as deposits shrink

Home movers are turning to higher loan-to-value mortgages as rising property prices and smaller...

Property industry urged to help shape smart data rules

Property businesses are being urged to respond to a government call for evidence that...

Northern first-time buyers pay £10k price for delaying purchase

First-time buyers in northern cities risk losing thousands of pounds by postponing a purchase,...

Virgin Money to raise product transfer fixed rates

Virgin Money will increase residential and buy-to-let product transfer fixed rates on Friday, 24...

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