Technology

E.surv launches data-driven remote valuations for new builds

Residential property valuation provider, e.surv, is now using the accumulated data and insight of...

OMS hires marketing consultant in growth push

One Mortgage System (OMS) has appointed Nick Allen to help meet its growth targets...

Compliance complacency proves costly for regulated firms

The future lies with digital compliance solutions that offer a robust framework to support...

LMS launches new Secure Link technology to connect stakeholders

LMS has announced the launch of its new Secure Link technology. The conveyancer and panel...

Industry group forms Open Property Data Association

The Home Buying Selling Group (HBSG) has announced that, following the public release of...

Smoove partners with Mortgage Advice Bureau

Smoove has entered into a strategic agreement with Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) to provide...

Scottish Building Society adopts Iress’s MSO

Iress has partnered with Scottish Building Society to help drive the Society’s next phase...

Landmark Information Group and Shieldpay announce conveyancing partnership

Landmark Information Group has agreed a strategic partnership with B2B payment solutions provider Shieldpay,...

Castle Trust Bank transitions to latest Phoebus core servicing platform

Castle Trust Bank has renewed its contract with Phoebus for another five years and...

The Loans Engine added to Sourcing Brain

Specialist finance broker, the Loans Engine, is now live on Mortgage Brain’s sourcing platform,...

MPowered Mortgages speeds up application process

MPowered Mortgages has made a number of enhancements to its platform to further automate...

Canada Life unveils API link with Air Sourcing

Canada Life has announced the launch of an API link with Air, the platform...

Gen H launches new affordability calculator and criteria centre

Gen H has announced the launch of its new affordability calculator. The calculator includes...

MPowered Mortgages starts testing ChatGPT tool

MPowered Mortgages has integrated ChatGPT technology into its internal chatbot tool on its mortgage...

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...

Latest news

Accord cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 0.43%

Accord Mortgages is reducing selected buy-to-let rates by up to 0.43 percentage points, with...

Mortgage Brain embeds LMS conveyancing service into CRM Brain

Mortgage Brain has integrated the LMS Select conveyancing platform directly into CRM Brain, allowing...

House prices stall as mortgage costs and Budget uncertainty weigh on market

UK house prices were unchanged in September as higher mortgage rates and wider economic...

Remortgage activity rebounds as higher rates weigh on home purchases

Remortgage applications returned to annual growth in the third quarter, helping to offset a...

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