Technology

OMS updates Consumer Duty functionality

One Mortgage System (OMS) has announced updates to its dedicated Consumer Duty functionality on...

Knight Frank Finance selects FINPLAN Home from Twenty7tec

Knight Frank Finance has selected FINPLAN Home, the new end-to-end mortgage CRM platform from...

Phoebus plans to grow workforce by one-fifth

Phoebus Software is planning to expand by 20% in the next year. As Phoebus continues...

Rosemount Financial Solutions renews Twenty7tec FINPLAN arrangement

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has signed a contract renewal agreement with Twenty7tec to extend...

Smartr365 unveils improved protection offering

Mortgage platform Smartr365 has announced a range of features and changes designed to improve...

Tembo’s platform combines multiple income sources to calculate affordability

Digital mortgage broker, Tembo, has launched its new buy-to-let mortgage journey. Its online tool aggregates...

Advise Wise adds later life market events web page

Advise Wise has launched new Market Events web page. It is designed to serve as...

“Bold ideas” wanted to transform home buying using Smart Data

The Department for Business and Trade, Challenge Works, the Open Data Institute (ODI) and...

PriceHubble acquires WhenFresh

PriceHubble, a provider of performance data solutions for real estate and finance, has acquired...

MPowered Mortgages launches broker WhatsApp channel

MPowered Mortgages has introduced a dedicated WhatsApp channel for its brokers. The channel will provide...

HLPartnership outlines its technology upgrade plans

HLPartnership (HLP) has announced upgrades to its technology platform. The network says its goal is...

OPDA finalises make-up of executive committee

The Open Property Data Association (OPDA) has confirmed the completion of its executive committee...

First-time buyers leading market activity

Stabilising interest rates are fuelling activity in the mortgage market despite longstanding affordability concerns,...

MPowered Mortgages launches marketing tool driven by AI

MPowered Mortgages has announced the launch of Marketing Assist, which uses artificial intelligence and...

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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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