Technology

The Money Group and Smartr365 holding educational roadshows

Smartr365 and The Money Group are holding a series of roadshows to inform and educate...

LendingMetrics creates product explainer video

LendingMetrics have published a new video outlining the benefits of its proprietary SaaS products. The...

OMS integrates with Selina Finance

One Mortgage System (OMS) has completed a full integration with lender Selina Finance. The integration...

Record results for anti-money laundering specialist

Anti-money laundering firm SmartSearch has reported its best ever first half year results in...

Optimus to drive new OpenMoney online advice service

Conveyancing panel manager, Optimus, has announced that OpenMoney has signed a contract to integrate Optimus’...

Virgin Money allows for electronic signatures

Virgin Money will now accept electronic signatures on residential and buy-to-let mortgage declarations. The lender...

The Mortgage Lender now on MBT Affordability

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has added The Mortgage Lender (TML) to its MBT Affordability...

The Dudley partners with Whistlebrook

Whistlebrook, a provider of back office systems to the financial services sector, is providing...

Gateway Surveyors partners with remote valuation provider

Gateway Surveyors has agreed a partnership with CoreLogic U.K. and will be the first...

Smartr365 reaches user milestone

Smartr365 has added its 2,000th user following growth of more than 700% in the last...

Accord sees improvements from buy-to-let platform

Accord Mortgages has claimed that its new buy-to-let platform has already reaped benefits for...

LMS launches secure messaging facility to boost turnaround times

LMS has unveiled its Secure Link messaging service to better streamline the conveyancing process...

Pure Retirement to offer Countrywide’s ‘Auto-Instruct’ self-service facility

Pure Retirement has become the first equity release provider to gain access to Countrywide...

Y3S to use OMS alongside Lenderlink

One Mortgage System (OMS) has been chosen by Y3S to work alongside its second...

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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