Technology

Twenty7tec acquires Broker Sense

Twenty7tec has announced the acquisition of mortgage affordability platform Broker Sense for an undisclosed...

Custom Credit to adopt LendingMetrics’ ADP

Custom Credit is to use LendingMetrics' Auto Decision Platform (ADP) to speed up its...

MBT named best affordability tool provider

Mortgage Broker Tools has been named the Best Affordability Tool Provider in the latest...

Lendlord unveils integrated auction tool

Lendlord, the platform for property investors, has collaborated with Network Auctions to launch an...

Shawbrook completes first PEXA digital remortgage for a bank

PEXA has revealed that Shawbrook has become the first bank in the UK to...

Smartr365 “covers more than half of UK mortgage market by volume”

Smartr365 has announced that, through its lender partnerships, it now covers more than half...

Paymentshield simplifies platform and revamps website

General insurance (GI) platform provider Paymentshield has relaunched its online presence with a new...

Nationwide BS integrates with Smartr365

Following a successful pilot, Nationwide Building Society has announced an API integration with Smartr365....

Cornerstone Finance adopts Acre’s mortgage platform

Cornerstone Finance has become the latest large brokerage to go live with Acre's platform...

Phoebus partners with Jade ThirdEye

Phoebus Software Limited (PSL) has added Jade ThirdEye to its strategic partner programme to...

Vast Commercial Finance secures first DIP through Brickflow

Brickflow has reported that Vast Commercial Finance is the first mortgage broker to use...

Twenty7tec rolls out Skipton integration

Twenty7tec has announced the integration of Skipton Building Society into the APPLY module, making...

Brokers having difficulty managing lender updates 

New research out from Smart Money People, the financial services review site, has shown that...

SmartSearch appoints VP of professional services sales

SmartSearch, the anti-money laundering (AML) firm, has promoted Tom Dockerty to the position of...

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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...

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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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