Technology

Nottingham BS creates chief technology and transformation officer role

Nottingham Building Society has announced the appointment of Paul Howley as its first ever...

Advise Wise adds new document upload feature

Advise Wise Platform has introduced a new feature allowing advisers to upload documents to...

OneSearch to offer LMS’ Confirmly to clients

UK local search data company, OneSearch, is partnering with panel management specialist LMS to...

Halifax Intermediaries improves Submissions Brain experience

Mortgage Brain has announced three enhancements to Halifax Intermediaries' DIP offering on Submissions Brain,...

Dye & Durham upgrades Index Property Information platform

Dye & Durham, the provider of cloud-based, workflow software for legal and business professionals,...

Hoowla integrates with LMS’ Confirmly

LMS has announced the integration of Confirmly, its secure identity checking technology, with Hoowla,...

Report reveals LLP money-laundering loophole

An anti-money laundering specialist is backing calls for reform of the UK’s company registration...

Mortgage Experience unveils Nivo-powered app

Specialist mortgage broker Mortgage Experience has partnered with Nivo to launch a branded mobile...

Mortgage Brain connects Acre to Santander

Mortgage Brain has developed its API to enable brokers using Acre’s mortgage platform the...

SmartSearch appoints new VP of enterprise sales

SmartSearch, the provider of anti-money laundering (AML) software, has appointed Zowie Lees-Howell as its...

Nationwide’s APPLY integration rolled out to all Twenty7Tec users

Nationwide Building Society applications are now available through Twenty7tec’s APPLY module following a successful...

Mortgage Magic unveils online chat functionality

Mortgage Magic has introduced online chat functionality, enabling brokers to chat with clients through...

West One goes live on Sourcing Brain and Criteria Brain

Mortgage Brain has revealed that West One has become the latest lender to go...

Pitch 4 Finance unveils new identity

Pitch 4 Finance has relaunched as Provide Finance. The platform features a panel of more...

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...

Latest news

The Mortgage Works cuts buy-to-let rates on selected new business deals

The Mortgage Works is cutting selected buy-to-let and let-to-buy rates by up to 0.20...

Primis promotes three in push to expand recruitment and regional broker support

Primis has promoted three senior executives as it seeks to recruit more adviser firms...

Santander cuts higher LTV rates for first-time buyers and home movers

Santander is cutting selected fixed mortgage rates across its first-time buyer, home mover and...

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...

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