Technology

SmartrFit adds six lender affordability calculators

Legal & General has added six new buy-to-let rental calculators, and one new residential...

Community-owned bank to adopt LendingMetrics’ platform

Capital Credit Union is adopting the Auto Decision Platform by LendingMetrics to improve its...

Provide Finance celebrates continued growth one year after launch

Provide Finance, the platform to source and secure specialist finance solutions, has reported a...

April rise in capital-raising mortgage searches

Legal & General has reported that data from its SmartrFit tool shows that searches...

Leeds BS partners with Uinsure

Leeds Building Society has announced a partnership with insurance technology firm, Uinsure, that will...

LMS enhances its ID checking tech

LMS, the conveyancing services provider, has announced the launch of its latest iteration of...

Newcastle BS provides online accessibility support

Newcastle Building Society has collaborated with assistive technology company, Recite Me, to add accessibility...

How could ChatGPT revolutionise the mortgage market?

Since its launch last November, ChatGPT has taken the world by storm, gathering momentum...

Acre integrates affordability directly into platform’s sourcing grid

Acre has introduced its new affordability and sourcing capabilities. Its sourcing engine provides the ability...

Advisers losing confidence in lender product development

A recent survey by Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has found that mortgage brokers believe...

Advise Wise makes platform improvements

Advise Wise, the sourcing platform for later life products, has announced further improvements to...

Iress and Reassured agree partnership

Iress has announced that life insurance broker, Reassured, has selected The Exchange platform to...

360 Dotnet and Alexander Hall extend partnership

360 Dotnet is celebrating a three-year contract renewal with Alexander Hall. Since 2018, Alexander...

CLSQ unveils strategic development director

CLSQ has announced that Spencer Wyer has joined the group as strategic development director. Wyer...

COMMENT

Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom

This was always going to be a tricky interview. I’ve known Kevin Tunnicliffe, chief executive officer of Sort Group, which includes Sort Refer, for...

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

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Masthaven rolls out broker platform for specialist mortgage cases

Masthaven Finance has launched a new mortgage origination platform for brokers in the specialist...

Rates rise but mortgage market holds firm

The mortgage market is showing resilience despite a sharp rise in borrowing costs with...

Landlords shift to interest-only as rates climb above 5%

Buy-to-let landlords are rapidly changing borrowing strategies as mortgage rates climb with a growing...

The Coventry cuts limited company buy-to-let rates for brokers

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected limited company buy-to-let rates by up to 20...

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