Technology

Air to partner with Stonebridge network

Later-life lending platform, Air, has announced plans to partner with Stonebridge to bolster the...

Advise Wise extends legal reach to Scotland

Advise Wise has announced a significant expansion of its legal hub with the addition...

Paradigm bolsters CPD Test Zone with new cybersecurity module

Paradigm has announced the addition of a new Cybersecurity test module on its CPD...

Pure Retirement improves adviser application journey

Pure Retirement has launched an online application journey, with an enhanced online form designed...

OMS appoints head of marketing

One Mortgage System (OMS) has appointed Jodie Andrews as head of marketing. Andrews (pictured)...

Acre partners with Brilliant Solutions

Acre has signed an agreement with Brilliant Solutions to offer the latter's network of...

Paradigm Protect partners with UnderwriteMe

Paradigm Protect has agreed a new partnership with technology provider, UnderwriteMe. Members of Paradigm...

The Mortgage Hut adopts Property Circle

Independent mortgage brokerage, The Mortgage Hut, has selected Property Circle to provide its automated...

Finova launches new decisioning engine for lenders

Mortgage technology provider, finova, has launched a new, purpose-built decisioning engine called Optimo. The system...

One Mortgage System makes sales team hire

One Mortgage System (OMS) has added Scott Fient to its sales team. Fient...

SmartSearch appoints client services director

SmartSearch has announced the internal appointment of Julie Green as client services director. In nearly...

Lendlord introduces app for tenants

Lendlord, a platform for property investors and landlords, has launched a Tenants App to...

Target Group launches new mortgage originations system

Target Group has unveiled Mortgage Hub, its new mortgage originations system. Over two...

Quilter increases investment in 360 Dotnet

CRM platform provider, 360 Dotnet, and Quilter plc have announced a further investment of...

COMMENT

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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