Technology

Twenty7Tec to roll out APPLY integration with Kensington Mortgages

Twenty7tec has added Kensington Mortgages to its APPLY module, enabling mortgage intermediaries to submit...

Atom bank renews Phoebus contract

Atom bank and Phoebus Software Limited (PSL) have signed a new three-year contract. The digital...

Alexander Hall adopts 360 Lifecycle’s AML and eIDV

Alexander Hall, a mortgage brokerage, has launched 360 Lifecycle's electronic identity data verification (eIDV)...

MagiClick to enhance Precise’s digital customer journey

MagiClick has been appointed by Precise Mortgages to create and deliver a website designed...

Electronic verification “saves regulated firms money”

Anti-money laundering (AML) firm SmartSearch has claimed that regulated firms who use manual verification...

United Trust Bank launches online BTL DIP 

UTB Mortgages for Intermediaries has made its online DIP process available for all its...

Chartwell adopts 360 Lifecycle’s ID verification software

360 Lifecycle has recently onboarded Chartwell Mortgage Services as an early adopter of its...

Legal & General offers product exclusive to SmartrFit users

Legal & General has introduced a product exclusive for users of its SmartrFit tool...

Hometrack unveils Property Listings Data tool

Hometrack, the provider of valuation solutions, has launched its Property Listings Data tool. It  to deliver key...

Lenders’ systems “under immense pressure”

Iress has launched its 2022 Mortgage Efficiency Survey, highlighting the opportunities and challenges faced...

Pure Retirement partners with Keylu

Pure Retirement has revealed its new partnership with Keylu, enabling advisers to support their...

Target Group appoints chief risk officer

Target Group has announced that Kathy Griffin has joined as chief risk officer. Griffin joins from...

Nottingham BS creates chief technology and transformation officer role

Nottingham Building Society has announced the appointment of Paul Howley as its first ever...

Advise Wise adds new document upload feature

Advise Wise Platform has introduced a new feature allowing advisers to upload documents to...

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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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