Technology

Countrywide Surveying Services unveils PropertyFact 

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), a supplier of valuation panel management services, has launched PropertyFact,...

Affordability platform claims £82k boost from larger BTL panel

MBT Affordability has claimed that it enables buy-to-let landlords to borrow an average £82,000...

Octane’s buy-to-let deals added to Iress platform

Octane Capital has partnered with Iress, so all intermediaries using Iress will be able...

Finsec joins Knowledge Bank platform

Specialist second charge and secured business loan lender, Finsec, has added its criteria to...

OMS completes second charge API integration with West One

One Mortgage System (OMS) has finalised a complete API integration with West One for...

Hinckley & Rugby for Intermediaries added to Submissions Brain

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has become the first regional building society to go...

Sourcing system reveals UK lender total

There are around 900 lenders in the UK covering an wide variety of finance...

Searches down for borrowers with complex financial situations

Legal & General Mortgage Club’s SmartrCriteria tool found that searches for capital raising mortgages...

Coventry BS appoints chief information and digital officer

The Coventry Building Society has appointed Jayne Showell as its chief information and digital...

Advise Wise unveils product comparison feature

Advise Wise has launched a product comparison feature on its later life platform. The feature...

Criterion to act as equity release API standards custodian

Criterion, a not-for-profit standards and governance services body, has taken on the stewardship of...

Cloud-based mortgage software provider acquired

Finova has acquired BEP Systems, the provider of cloud-based mortgage and savings software in...

Octane Capital joins MBT Affordability BTL panel

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has added Octane Capital to the buy-to-let panel on its...

The Darlington enhances digital offering

The Darlington Building Society has made major investment in digital banking services. The mutual...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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