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Together in short-term lending partnership with L&G

Together's bridging products have been added to Legal & General’s digital criteria service designed...

Smartr365 unveils video and audio call functionality

Smartr365 has introduced a new feature called SmartrTalk, powered by Microsoft. The end-to-end platform for...

BEP Systems to provide lending solutions to Jordan International Bank

BEP Systems has been appointed by Jordan International Bank Plc (JIB) to provide system...

TruNarrative launches new AML and verification service

TruNarrative has added a new Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) solution,...

Legal & General Mortgage Club reveals top SmartrCriteria searches

Legal & General’s SmartrCriteria tool saw its busiest month on record in January as...

Hanley Economic pauses new mortgage lending

The Hanley Economic Building Society has temporarily halted new lending while it finishes the...

Sourcing system offers life insurance quote platform

Iress has partnered with Codepotato to provide advisers with their own branded life insurance...

Reliance Bank added to Twenty7Tec’s APPLY

Twenty7Tec has announced that Reliance Bank has been added to its APPLY module. The move...

L&G partners with Smartr365 to simplify application process

Legal & General and Smartr365 have joined forces to enable single sign-in for advisers...

Profits up 28% at AML firm

Anti-money laundering (AML) solution provider, SmartSearch, has hailed 2020 as its most successful year...

Majority of ARs want to use another sourcing system

67% of Appointed Representatives (ARs) would use a different sourcing system if their network...

YTS to improve insights for mortgage lenders

Open Banking specialist, Yolt Technology Services (YTS), has widened the applicability of its Account...

Smartr365 adds automated Halifax mortgage DIPs

Smartr365 has integrated with Halifax Intermediaries, allowing real-time mortgage Decision in Principle (DIP) submissions...

Source Insurance unveils new broker website

Source Insurance has has updated its website, seeking to make it easier to use...

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Bridging the Pond: How large is the US bridging finance market, and compared to the UK?

When we first got started with LendInvest in the UK, post the financial crisis, bridging finance was a much more nascent product than it...

Passing the affordability exam

As teachers and students of various ages have spent August nervously opening exam results following years of study that will determine their ability to...

Investors are changing their approach – and lenders should too

The buy-to-let market never stands still, but the pace of change in recent years has been remarkable. The days of the so-called ‘accidental landlord’,...

Leasehold fees, specialists and the need to shop around

Leasehold properties account for around 20% of all dwellings in the UK, and while that figure may change in the future with government legislation...

Tuning into later life lending conversations

There are certain conversations in our profession that can genuinely change the course of a client’s life. Later life lending sits firmly in that...

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Rightmove warns property tax reforms could stall housing market

Rightmove has warned the government that proposed changes to property taxation risk distorting the...

Bradford retains crown as UK’s leading property hotspot

Bradford has once again been named the country’s most in-demand housing market, topping OnTheMarket’s...

Keystone reduces expat buy-to-let rates and adds new product

Keystone Property Finance has reduced rates across its expat buy-to-let range, cutting selected fixed...

Gatehouse cuts buy-to-let rental rates and eases paperwork

Gatehouse Bank has cut rental rates by 0.25% across its buy-to-let purchase plans for...