Technology

Legal & General integrates OMS with SmartrFit platform

Legal & General Mortgage Services has announced the full integration of its mortgage research...

SmartSearch appoints new strategic alliances manager

SmartSearch, a provider of digital compliance solutions, has appointed Ian Wright as its new...

HBSG releases Property Data Trust Framework v2.0

The Home Buying & Selling Technology Group (HBSG) has announced the release of v2.0...

Bluestone Mortgages partners with Experian for Open Banking

Bluestone Mortgages has announced a strategic partnership with Experian to launch an Open Banking...

Phoebus wins servicing contract for Aviva’s equity release business

Aviva has appointed Phoebus to service its equity release portfolio, replacing its legacy servicing...

Equifax UK partners with AI firm to speed up decisioning

Equifax UK and Digilytics AI are launching new software which will help lenders to...

Phoebus achieves its highest ranking in Best Companies Index

Phoebus has improved its position in the Best Companies Index, moving up the rankings...

SmartrFit adds six lender affordability calculators

Legal & General has added six new buy-to-let rental calculators, and one new residential...

Community-owned bank to adopt LendingMetrics’ platform

Capital Credit Union is adopting the Auto Decision Platform by LendingMetrics to improve its...

Provide Finance celebrates continued growth one year after launch

Provide Finance, the platform to source and secure specialist finance solutions, has reported a...

April rise in capital-raising mortgage searches

Legal & General has reported that data from its SmartrFit tool shows that searches...

Leeds BS partners with Uinsure

Leeds Building Society has announced a partnership with insurance technology firm, Uinsure, that will...

LMS enhances its ID checking tech

LMS, the conveyancing services provider, has announced the launch of its latest iteration of...

Newcastle BS provides online accessibility support

Newcastle Building Society has collaborated with assistive technology company, Recite Me, to add accessibility...

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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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