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Affordability Hub reveals usage stats for first year

Affordability Hub was used for mortgage searches worth more than £37bn during the first...

BEP Systems appointed by Unisys & Ipswich Building Society

BEP Systems is to provide Ipswich Building Society with a major upgrade to the...

ULS technology hires chief commercial & growth officer

ULS technology has recruited Simon McCulloch in the newly created position of chief commercial...

Just Wealth implements new CRM system

Just Wealth has implemented an advanced customer relationship management (CRM) system, ConcertHub, to support...

UTB introduces online DIPs and auto-underwriting

United Trust Bank (UTB) has launched online Decision in Principles (DIPs) and automatic-underwriting. The bank...

Advise Wise provides adviser desktop application

Advise Wise has introduced a desktop application to allow advisers to access the Advise...

Source to hold free webinar on FCA’s GI market study

Source Insurance is hosting a free one-hour webinar on the FCA's General Insurance Pricing Practices...

Sesame integrates with the Key and GBG’s EIDV checks

Sesame Network has exclusively integrated with the Key, Mortgage Brain’s CRM system and GBG,...

CHL Mortgages’ products now on Twenty7Tec

CHL Mortgages has teamed up with Twenty7Tec to widen access to its product range...

Smartr365 partners with Experian

Smartr365 has launched a commercial and strategic partnership with Experian. Smartr365 users can now...

Homebuyers want more digital documentation

81% of homebuyers across the country want a wider adoption of digital documentation tools...

MBT unveils research platform

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has unveiled MBT Research, an integrated research platform designed to...

ULS technology boosts sales and marketing teams

ULS technology has expanded its sales and marketing functions with the recruitment of two...

SmartCriteria sees first indications of market normalising

Legal & General’s SmartrCriteria tool recorded a -32% decrease in furlough friendly mortgage searches...

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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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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...

LMS becomes affiliate member of the Conveyancing Association

The Conveyancing Association has welcomed LMS as its newest affiliate member, marking a formal...