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ASTL launches new website

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has launched a new website, aimed at...

Alto selects SmartSearch as preferred AML supplier

Anti-money laundering specialist, SmartSearch, is to provide its customer verification system to Alto, the cloud-based software...

Smartr365 adopts Experian’s Affordability Passport

Smartr365 is now offering customers and mortgage advisers "quicker, more accurate and bespoke support"...

Twenty7Tec integrates CloudTwenty7 with Pepper Money

Twenty7Tec has integrated its CloudTwenty7 platform with Pepper Money, enabling advisers to submit mortgage...

Recognise Bank partners with Rent Chief

Recognise Bank is collaborating with property technology firm, Rent Chief, to offer professional landlords...

Twenty7Tec: remortgage searches continue to dominate

Twenty7Tec has reported that remortgage searches totalled 43.2% of the mortgage market searches in...

MAB invests in tech brokerage

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed an investment in brokerage Heron Financial, which has...

Suffolk BS launches affordability calculator

Suffolk Building Society has worked with  Mortgage Brain to develop an affordability calculator. The new...

UK Moneyman partners with OMS

One Mortgage System (OMS) has been selected by mortgage advisory firm UK Moneyman as...

Metro Bank added to MBT Affordability platform

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has added Metro Bank to its MBT Affordability research platform. ...

Reliance Bank now features on Twenty7Tec’s APPLY

Twenty7Tec has announced that Reliance Bank has been added to its APPLY module. It has...

SimplyBiz Mortgages members get free L&G affordability tool

SimplyBiz Mortgages has partnered with Legal & General (L&G) to offer the latter's mortgage...

360 Dotnet integrates with Twenty7Tec’s APPLY module

360 Dotnet have built on its relationship with Twenty7Tec by integrating with APPLY, enabling...

Alternative Bridging Corporation improves website

Alternative Bridging Corporation has unveiled a new website with improved navigation and functionality. The new...

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Bridging the Pond: How large is the US bridging finance market, and compared to the UK?

When we first got started with LendInvest in the UK, post the financial crisis, bridging finance was a much more nascent product than it...

Passing the affordability exam

As teachers and students of various ages have spent August nervously opening exam results following years of study that will determine their ability to...

Investors are changing their approach – and lenders should too

The buy-to-let market never stands still, but the pace of change in recent years has been remarkable. The days of the so-called ‘accidental landlord’,...

Leasehold fees, specialists and the need to shop around

Leasehold properties account for around 20% of all dwellings in the UK, and while that figure may change in the future with government legislation...

Tuning into later life lending conversations

There are certain conversations in our profession that can genuinely change the course of a client’s life. Later life lending sits firmly in that...

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More than half of landlords plan portfolio expansion

More than half of buy-to-let landlords intend to grow their portfolios in the coming...

Phoebus secures ISO recertification to bolster SaaS security resilience

Phoebus has renewed its ISO 27001 accreditation, achieving recertification to the updated 2022 standard...

Homes priced too high take twice as long to sell

Homes listed above market value take more than twice as long to sell, Zoopla...

Computershare and The DPS extend support to youth homelessness charity

Computershare Loan Services and The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) have made their fifth...