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360 Dotnet and Alexander Hall extend partnership

360 Dotnet is celebrating a three-year contract renewal with Alexander Hall. Since 2018, Alexander...

CLSQ unveils strategic development director

CLSQ has announced that Spencer Wyer has joined the group as strategic development director. Wyer...

One in five online valuation requests go on to sell

Around one in five people who request an online valuation go on to sell...

L&G: mortgage activity levels fuelled by financial gifting

Legal & General has revealed that first-time buyers are still pursuing their home ownership...

Landmark unveils digital hubs to connect the home-moving market

Landmark Information Group has introduced LandmarkConnect, a series of digital hubs to help connect...

Iress restructuring to result in 10% reduction in staff numbers

Iress has announced changes to its operating structure and senior leadership teams following a...

Affordability platforms “lead to brokers considering more lenders”

The number of brokers who say they now use an affordability system for at...

Finova launches Apprivo2 product switch functionality

Finova, the cloud-based mortgages and savings software provider, has announced its new product switch...

Consumers open to revealing health and lifestyle issues

Consumers are more open to answering personal questions about their health and lifestyle than...

MQube partners with Thought Machine for ‘real-time’ decisioning

MQube, the parent company of mortgage lender MPowered Mortgages, has partnered with Thought Machine,...

Smartr365 tool to aid Legal & General Mortgage Club procuration fee payments

Smartr365 has announced the launch of a tool to automatically sync procuration fee claim...

SmartSearch adds TransUnion to platform

SmartSearch has added global information and insights company, TransUnion, to its identity-check partners. SmartSearch now...

Tmgroup integrates with LMS for financial fraud protection

LMS, the conveyancing services provider, has announced a new partnership with tmgroup, a tech...

Advise Wise extends CRM for Consumer Duty

Advise Wise has improved its sourcing platform into a fully fledged CRM system to...

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The case for tech fluency before AI adoption in the mutual sector

It often feels like there is only one conversation taking place in financial services at the moment: artificial intelligence. Whether it’s trade shows and...

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

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Brilliant racks up a memorable afternoon for charity

Brilliant Solutions was on cue at Rileys as 70 players and several late arrivals...

Rayner rules out rent controls

Housing Secretary Angela Rayner has ruled out rent controls in England, providing greater certainty...

Mortgage Brain adds Uinsure home insurance quotes to CRM platform

Mortgage Brain has integrated Uinsure with CRM Brain, allowing brokers to arrange buildings and...

Nationwide and Accord the latest to increase rates

Mortgage borrowers have been urged to review their options after Nationwide and Accord increased...

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