Technology

MorganAsh updates MARS for Consumer Duty

MorganAsh has announced further upgrades to its new adviser tool to help businesses better...

Technology key to mortgage market future, brokers say

New research from Smartr365 has found that 61% of brokers believe technology will be...

Mortgage Brain adds Tandem products to its platforms

Users of Sourcing Brain and Criteria Brain from Mortgage Brain will now have access...

iPipeline integrates with CRM business

iPipeline has announced a partnership with Plannr, a new adviser Customer Relationship Management (CRM)...

Legal & General restructures mortgage business

Legal & General has announced the formation of Legal & General Mortgage Services, set...

Two advice firms adopt 360 Lifecycle’s eIDV

360 Dotnet’s wealth and mortgage platform, 360 Lifecycle, has launched electronic identity data verification...

Intelliflo helps advisers in hunting lost pension pots

Fintech startup Mintago has partnered with intelliflo to further the reach of its Pension...

LifeQuote conducts ‘major’ digital transformation

Protection specialist LifeQuote has introduced major improvements to its CRM and quoting system. Recent...

More people would seek next mortgage quote online

Consumers are becoming savvier than ever before when it comes to getting mortgage quotes,...

Regulated firms ‘wasting time’ on manual identity checks

Regulated firms using manual methods of verification to onboard new individual customers are wasting...

SortRefer unveils new website

SortRefer’s new website, an online portal for mortgage intermediaries, is now live. The conveyancing firm...

CMME integrates APPLY into CRM

Mortgage and protection adviser CMME has announced the integration of Twenty7tec's APPLY, enabling users...

Hinckley & Rugby BS undertakes first digitised remortgage transaction

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has conducted PEXA’s first UK transaction, introducing its digital...

OMS and Dashly reveal ‘collaborative integration’

One Mortgage System (OMS) has announced a collaborative integration with Dashly, the 'always-on' mortgage...

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

SortRefer marks 17 years with record month for instructions and completions

SortRefer has marked its 17th anniversary after reporting its strongest monthly performance to date...

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...

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