Technology

Halifax Intermediaries joins Submissions Brain

Halifax Intermediaries has become the latest lender to join Submissions Brain, Mortgage Brain's new...

ULS technology hires head of sales for estate agencies

ULS technology has recruited Nick Huntley as head of sales, to take its digital...

Legal & General Mortgage Club unveils ‘broker in a box’ offering

Legal & General Mortgage Club is to offer an API-driven WordPress integration to mortgage...

360 Dotnet partners with digital ID specialists

360 Lifecycle, 360 Dotnet’s end to end practice management system, now offers digital document...

Roma Finance introduces new fast processing channel

Roma Finance has launched a fast new channel for cases it deems as being...

Legal & General adds buy-to-let search functionality to SmartrFit

Legal & General has announced the addition of a new buy-to-let module in its...

Half of UK regulated firms see financial crime rise

48% of regulated firms in the UK have reported witnessing a rise in financial...

Shawbrook’s new portal facilitates offers in three hours

Shawbrook Bank has worked with Watts Commercial Finance to provide formal mortgage offers to...

Target Group appoints non-executive director  

Target Group has announced the appointment of Andrew McIntyre as a non-executive director on...

JLM Mortgage Services integrates OMS

One Mortgage System (OMS) has been integrated across it proposition by mortgage and protection...

£35m in broker income being lost from lack of affordability research

Mortgage advisers are missing out on more than £35m worth of procuration fee income...

TSB goes live on Submissions Brain

Advisers using Mortgage Brain's Submissions Brain (formerly Lendex) can now request decisions in principle...

Iress adds Features enhancement to income protection

Iress has introduced an improvement to its quote and apply software The Exchange, enabling...

Mortgage Brain reveals rebrand

Mortgage Brain has undergone a significant rebrand, which includes the launch of a new...

COMMENT

Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage advisers, brokers, and, increasingly, customers directly. One thing comes up time...

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...

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Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage...

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...

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...

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...

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