Technology

360 Dotnet sees 22% increase in lending for Q2

360 Dotnet has reported a string second quarter. After £10.7 billion in total lending -...

OMS and Connect extend technology agreement

One Mortgage System (OMS) has announced that Connect for Intermediaries has renewed its tech...

Mortgage Magic introduces back office system

Mortgage Magic has unveiled Prometheus, a back office system for mortgage brokers. Prometheus is an...

Iress adds Shepherds Friendly to The Exchange

Iress has announced that Shepherds Friendly's income protection products are now available on Iress’s...

Target Group appoints chief growth officer

Target Group has announced the promotion of Mark Gilliver to chief growth officer. Gilliver (pictured)...

Coventry for intermediaries launches online product transfers

Coventry for intermediaries has launched online product transfers to make it more straightforward for...

Mortgage Magic introduces electronic ID verification

Mortgage Magic has developed and launched its own electronic ID verification (E-ID) technology. The...

Lendco unveils new website

Specialist lender, Lendco, has revamped its website. The new website had been designed to be...

Evolution Money employs Nivo for app

Second charge lender Evolution Money has partnered with Nivo to launch a new digital...

360 Dotnet hires head of intermediary sales

360 Dotnet has announced the appointment of Stephen Cowdell as its head of intermediary...

Firms “failing to detect criminal ghosts”

45% of finance and banking firms are failing to carry out 'ghost-buster' checks on...

Pure Retirement renews contract with Phoebus Software

Pure Retirement has signed a new contract with Phoebus Software Limited (PSL). The two firms...

The Mansfield simplifies application process

Mansfield Building Society has launched with Open Banking platform DirectID to make it easier...

Freedom Finance adopts OMS for back-office processing support

Freedom Finance has selected One Mortgage System (OMS), the single-input enquiry-to-completion processing platform for...

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...

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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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