Technology

Aviva offers digital protection dashboard for advisers

Aviva has joined CIExpert's newly-launched Insight Zone. This offers a digital dashboard to streamline an adviser’s protection...

Smartr365 launches white-labelled marketing tool for brokers

Smartr365 has launched HomeBuyer, a white-labelled brand that is designed to provider brokers the...

New identity for Dock9

Following the acquisition of the specialist financial services digital agency Dock9 by MagiClick at...

VP hires at GetGround

GetGround has announced the appointment of senior hires from Google and Liberis to lead...

Enra unveils new bridging technology platform

Enra Specialist Finance has launched a new underwriting and case management system for its...

Darlington BS to utilise LendingMetrics’ ADP

Darlington Building Society is implementing a new assisted underwriting platform to speed up decisioning...

Atelier provides real-time dashboard for borrowers

Development lender Atelier has launched a secure platform that enables borrowers to view and...

Mortgage Magic secures ISO 9001 rating

Mortgage Magic, which recently attained ISO 27001, has now also qualified for ISO 9001:2015. ISO...

MBT Affordability provides Proportunity integration

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has integrated its MBT Affordability research platform with mortgage lender...

SPF Private Clients integrates with Yourkeys

SPF Private Clients has completed a full integration with property software solution Yourkeys. Yourkeys, which...

TPFC partners with Nivo to improve secured loan journeys

Secured loan firm The Personal Finance Centre has chosen Nivo to implement its app-based...

Mortgage Brain’s Lendex now includes Accord products

Accord Mortgages has now gone live on Lendex, Mortgage Brain's multi-lender application and submission gateway. The...

Accord Mortgages extends API availability

Accord Mortgages has launched its software to all brokers who use Iress, Twenty7Tec and...

Smartr365 integrates with four lenders via Iress Lender Connect

Smartr365 has connected with TSB, Aldermore, Leeds Building Society and Accord Mortgages via its...

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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 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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