Technology

Hinckley & Rugby BS partners with docStribute

DocStribute, a firm specialising in regulated document distribution solutions, has announced its strategic partnership...

Mansfield BS adds criteria search to website

Mansfield Building Society has added a new criteria search function on its website, helping...

Time Finance launches ID&V technology with Nivo

Time Finance has announced the launch of its new ID&V (Identity Verification) technology in...

OMS reports 30% increase in Q1 completions

OMS has revealed a strong increase in Q1 business in 2024, with a 30.1%...

Buckinghamshire BS partners with Advise Wise

Buckinghamshire Building Society has announced a partnership with later life lending sourcing platform and...

Mutual Vision launches ‘bank in a box’ platform

Mutual Vision (MV) is launching MV Solar today. The cloud-native, digital banking platform, which is...

Optimus and L&C Mortgages agree partnership renewal

Optimus has announced the renewal of its long-term partnership with mortgage advisers, London &...

Leek Building Society now live on Iress MSO

Iress has announced that Leek Building Society is the latest lender to go live...

PEXA and NatWest Group aim for 48-hour remortgaging

PEXA Group is progressing a strategic partnership with NatWest that will see the lender...

Nomo Bank added to Sourcing Brain

Mortgage Brain has welcomed Nomo to its Sourcing Brain platform. This new partnership will...

Together now live on Xplan Mortgage and Trigold

Iress has announced that Together is live on its mortgage sourcing software, Xplan Mortgage...

Leeds Building Society adopts Secure Link from LMS

LMS, the conveyancing services provider, has announced that Leeds Building Society has launched with...

Scottish Building Society now live on Iress’ MSO

Iress has announced that Scottish Building Society is now live with its MSO software....

OMS unveils originations platform

OMS has announced the introduction of OMS Originations, a loan origination platform specifically aimed...

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I’m 49. My dad’s 73. Between us we’ve found the hole in later life lending

I turn 50 in December, and the marketing has already started. Funeral plans, over-50s life cover, “guaranteed acceptance” adverts wedged between the football highlights....

Buying scale was phase one. What happens next?

Mortgage distribution is in a race for scale. Capital wants market share. Consolidators want distribution. Networks want advisers. Good businesses are commanding serious valuations. If I...

Slow completions are costing brokers. Five steps can help protect their pipelines

Through my conversations with mortgage brokers, and Landmark’s work across the wider home-moving process, I see the same pattern repeatedly. Once a mortgage has...

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...

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Wider mortgage options put borrower circumstances in focus on Lenders Live

Borrowers with historic credit problems and smaller deposits have more routes to explore, but...

Christodoulides joins ConveyBuddy as head of distribution

Former NatWest national account manager Luke Christodoulides has joined ConveyBuddy as head of distribution. Christodoulides...

MorganAsh adds BSL translation to customer websites

MorganAsh has introduced British Sign Language translations across its corporate website and itswhoiam.me consumer...

London flat owners face highest risk of resale losses

Nearly four in 10 London flats resold after being held for between five and...

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