Technology

Brokers having difficulty managing lender updates 

New research out from Smart Money People, the financial services review site, has shown that...

SmartSearch appoints VP of professional services sales

SmartSearch, the anti-money laundering (AML) firm, has promoted Tom Dockerty to the position of...

Twenty7Tec to roll out APPLY integration with Kensington Mortgages

Twenty7tec has added Kensington Mortgages to its APPLY module, enabling mortgage intermediaries to submit...

Atom bank renews Phoebus contract

Atom bank and Phoebus Software Limited (PSL) have signed a new three-year contract. The digital...

Alexander Hall adopts 360 Lifecycle’s AML and eIDV

Alexander Hall, a mortgage brokerage, has launched 360 Lifecycle's electronic identity data verification (eIDV)...

MagiClick to enhance Precise’s digital customer journey

MagiClick has been appointed by Precise Mortgages to create and deliver a website designed...

Electronic verification “saves regulated firms money”

Anti-money laundering (AML) firm SmartSearch has claimed that regulated firms who use manual verification...

United Trust Bank launches online BTL DIP 

UTB Mortgages for Intermediaries has made its online DIP process available for all its...

Chartwell adopts 360 Lifecycle’s ID verification software

360 Lifecycle has recently onboarded Chartwell Mortgage Services as an early adopter of its...

Legal & General offers product exclusive to SmartrFit users

Legal & General has introduced a product exclusive for users of its SmartrFit tool...

Hometrack unveils Property Listings Data tool

Hometrack, the provider of valuation solutions, has launched its Property Listings Data tool. It  to deliver key...

Lenders’ systems “under immense pressure”

Iress has launched its 2022 Mortgage Efficiency Survey, highlighting the opportunities and challenges faced...

Pure Retirement partners with Keylu

Pure Retirement has revealed its new partnership with Keylu, enabling advisers to support their...

Target Group appoints chief risk officer

Target Group has announced that Kathy Griffin has joined as chief risk officer. Griffin joins from...

COMMENT

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

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Virgin Money cuts fixed rates and raises selected tracker pricing

Virgin Money is reducing fixed mortgage rates across purchase, remortgage and selected buy-to-let product...

The Monmouthshire gives more than £10k to flood-hit local community

Monmouthshire Building Society has donated more than £10,000 to residents, sports clubs and businesses...

Rent growth slows as house prices edge higher, with Middle East tensions clouding outlook

Private rent inflation eased again in March while UK house prices rose modestly in...

Gen H expands broker sales team with three BDM hires and internal promotion

Gen H has expanded its broker sales team with three new business development managers...

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