Technology

Repercussions of Covid still showing in criteria searches

Knowledge Bank latest tracker has revealed that advisers are working with a "significant" number...

Leeds Building Society now live on Submissions Brain

Decisions in principle (DIPs) from Leeds Building Society can now be requested on Submissions...

Apprivo2 now offered by Finova

Finova has added the Apprivo2 platform to its suite of solutions. Apprivo2 is a configurable SaaS...

Specialist buy-to-let research reaps rewards

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has found that thorough research is even more important for...

Twenty7Tec integrates APPLY with Leeds BS

Twenty7Tec has completed an APPLY integration with Leeds Building Society, enabling users of CloudTwenty7...

Buckinghamshire Building Society improves broker platform

Buckinghamshire Building Society has launched an improved application process to make submitting a DIP...

IdentityChecker unveils biometric facial ID checks

Identification and anti-money laundering check service, IdentityChecker, has launched biometric facial ID checks. The system...

eKeeper and Burrow rebranded to finova Broker Platform

Finova, (formally DPR Group), has rebranded eKeeper and Burrow to finova Broker Platform. The fintech...

SmartSearch improves international business reports

Anti-money laundering firm SmartSearch has updated its international business reports service, with the addition...

FIBA partners with Alternative Business Funding to create sourcing solution

Financial Intermediary and Broker Association (FIBA) has teamed up with Alternative Business Funding (ABF)...

Advise Wise unveils ‘price per pound’ sourcing feature

Advise Wise has introduced what it says is the market’s first ‘price per pound’...

Generation Home partners with Twenty7Tec

A new mortgage lender, Generation Home, has partnered with Twenty7Tec, to expand the distribution...

Countrywide Surveying Services unveils PropertyFact 

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), a supplier of valuation panel management services, has launched PropertyFact,...

Affordability platform claims £82k boost from larger BTL panel

MBT Affordability has claimed that it enables buy-to-let landlords to borrow an average £82,000...
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Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

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First-time buyers turning to side hustles to bridge deposit gap

Almost half of aspiring first-time buyers are using secondary income streams to help fund...
criteria

Vida cuts residential rates and loosens criteria for self-employed and contractor borrowers

Vida has reduced selected residential mortgage rates by up to 106 basis points and...
Protection

Iress adds AI underwriting tool to The Exchange in protection push

Iress has struck a deal with The Interesting Life Company to offer an AI-powered...
Compliance

Property firms still relying on manual checks as AI fraud risk grows

More than half of identity verification checks in UK finance and property businesses are...

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