Technology

Key partners with Contact State

Key has announced a new partnership with the marketing technology platform Contact State. This...

Twenty7Tec search records broken last month

Twenty7tec has published its findings based on its mortgage platform data for January 2023. January...

More2life launches online tools for advisers

More2life has launched a new suite of online tools to support advisers in finding...

How technology can help firms meet Consumer Duty rules

With the deadline for implementing the Consumer Duty standards fast approaching, the FCA recently...

OMS completes EPC register and Companies House integrations

One Mortgage System (OMS) has integrated with the EPC register and Companies House following...

Precise Mortgages joins CoreLogic UK’s portfolio landlord platform

Precise Mortgages has partnered with CoreLogic UK to support with property risk management and...

Mercantile Trust joins Propp lending panel

Mercantile Trust has been added to the lending panel of Propp, the property finance...

Phoebus adds Mast to strategic partner programme

Phoebus has teamed up with mortgage origination software provider Mast, providing its lender clients...

Gatehouse Bank unveils online DIP facility

Gatehouse Bank has launched an online Decision in Principle (DIP) facility. Open to UK residents,...

ID-Pal partners with Keystone for onboarding

Identity verification provider ID-Pal has announced a partnership with specialist buy-to-let lender Keystone Property...

Barclays joins Submissions Brain

Mortgage Brain has welcomed Barclays to Submissions Brain, its application and submission gateway. Submissions Brain...

OMS partners with Movin Legal

One Mortgage System (OMS) has partnered with Movin Legal to offer users simplified access...

Finova unveils new Intermediary Manager platform

Finova has announced the launch of Intermediary Manager, a data management application that helps...

Leek BS adopts MSO for growth and efficiency

Iress has announced that Leek Building Society has selected its mortgage software, MSO, to...

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...

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TPFG buys 25% stake in property and mortgage AI business Enteka

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) has taken a 25% stake in Enteka AI as...

Property professionals back homebuying reforms, CSS poll finds

More than three-quarters of property professionals believe proposed changes to the homebuying and selling...

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...

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