Technology

The Teachers BS to use BEP Systems’ Apprivo2

BEP Systems has been selected by the Teachers Building Society to provide a mortgage...

ULS technology hires director of conveyancing transformation

ULS technology has appointed Angela Hesketh as director of conveyancing transformation. Hesketh has worked within...

Expansion plans for buy-to-let mortgage app

Buy-to-let mortgage app Rightrate is planning to expand its support for brokers and landlords...

The Money Group and Smartr365 holding educational roadshows

Smartr365 and The Money Group are holding a series of roadshows to inform and educate...

LendingMetrics creates product explainer video

LendingMetrics have published a new video outlining the benefits of its proprietary SaaS products. The...

OMS integrates with Selina Finance

One Mortgage System (OMS) has completed a full integration with lender Selina Finance. The integration...

Record results for anti-money laundering specialist

Anti-money laundering firm SmartSearch has reported its best ever first half year results in...

Optimus to drive new OpenMoney online advice service

Conveyancing panel manager, Optimus, has announced that OpenMoney has signed a contract to integrate Optimus’...

Virgin Money allows for electronic signatures

Virgin Money will now accept electronic signatures on residential and buy-to-let mortgage declarations. The lender...

The Mortgage Lender now on MBT Affordability

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has added The Mortgage Lender (TML) to its MBT Affordability...

The Dudley partners with Whistlebrook

Whistlebrook, a provider of back office systems to the financial services sector, is providing...

Gateway Surveyors partners with remote valuation provider

Gateway Surveyors has agreed a partnership with CoreLogic U.K. and will be the first...

Smartr365 reaches user milestone

Smartr365 has added its 2,000th user following growth of more than 700% in the last...

Accord sees improvements from buy-to-let platform

Accord Mortgages has claimed that its new buy-to-let platform has already reaped benefits for...

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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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Reward Funding passes lending milestone

Reward Funding has passed the £350m loan book milestone for the first time in...

London’s luxury lettings market surges 154% as wealthy tenants opt to rent

London’s prime lettings market has more than doubled in size during the first half...

3.3 million households locked out of home ownership

More than three million households have been priced out of home ownership since the...

Carlyle to acquire intelliflo from Invesco in $200m deal

Global investment group Carlyle has agreed to acquire intelliflo, the London-based provider of cloud-based...