Technology

How could ChatGPT revolutionise the mortgage market?

Since its launch last November, ChatGPT has taken the world by storm, gathering momentum...

Acre integrates affordability directly into platform’s sourcing grid

Acre has introduced its new affordability and sourcing capabilities. Its sourcing engine provides the ability...

Advisers losing confidence in lender product development

A recent survey by Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has found that mortgage brokers believe...

Advise Wise makes platform improvements

Advise Wise, the sourcing platform for later life products, has announced further improvements to...

Iress and Reassured agree partnership

Iress has announced that life insurance broker, Reassured, has selected The Exchange platform to...

360 Dotnet and Alexander Hall extend partnership

360 Dotnet is celebrating a three-year contract renewal with Alexander Hall. Since 2018, Alexander...

CLSQ unveils strategic development director

CLSQ has announced that Spencer Wyer has joined the group as strategic development director. Wyer...

One in five online valuation requests go on to sell

Around one in five people who request an online valuation go on to sell...

L&G: mortgage activity levels fuelled by financial gifting

Legal & General has revealed that first-time buyers are still pursuing their home ownership...

Landmark unveils digital hubs to connect the home-moving market

Landmark Information Group has introduced LandmarkConnect, a series of digital hubs to help connect...

Iress restructuring to result in 10% reduction in staff numbers

Iress has announced changes to its operating structure and senior leadership teams following a...

Affordability platforms “lead to brokers considering more lenders”

The number of brokers who say they now use an affordability system for at...

Finova launches Apprivo2 product switch functionality

Finova, the cloud-based mortgages and savings software provider, has announced its new product switch...

Consumers open to revealing health and lifestyle issues

Consumers are more open to answering personal questions about their health and lifestyle than...

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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