Technology

The Mortgage Broker Club in digital partnership with Glenhawk

The Mortgage Broker Club is partnering with Glenhawk across all digital channels. The Mortgage Broker...

Knowledge Bank unveils product transfer tracker

Knowledge Bank has bolstered its criteria search system with the introduction of a product...

GetGround and Molo joins forces to provide new BTL service

GetGround and Molo are partnering to deal with all the administration underpinning buy-to-let purchases "in one...

iPipeline to revamp OneFamily’s technology platform 

OneFamily has engaged iPipeline to overhaul its existing platform which currently serves 2.6 million...

Hodge joins Brickflow

Hodge has become the latest to plug into Brickflow, a search engine for development...

Confused.com owner buys mortgage broker

RVU, owners of Uswitch, Confused.com and Money.co.uk, is to acquire Mojo Mortgages. Mojo, based in...

Brunel Mortgages chooses OMS as preferred technology provider

Brunel Mortgages has selected enquiry to completion platform One Mortgage System (OMS) as its...

Vida unveils digital switching portal

Vida has introduced an intermediary product switch portal to provide brokers with a simple...

UTB creates new chief technology officer role

United Trust Bank (UTB) has appointed James Masters to the newly created role of...

TSB goes live on Lendex

Lendex, the multi-lender application and submission gateway from Mortgage Brain, h as announced that...

UTB delivers 3-hour application-to-mortgage offer

United Trust Bank (UTB) has combined its new Mortgage DIP and Auto-Underwrite technology with...

Affordability Hub reveals usage stats for first year

Affordability Hub was used for mortgage searches worth more than £37bn during the first...

BEP Systems appointed by Unisys & Ipswich Building Society

BEP Systems is to provide Ipswich Building Society with a major upgrade to the...

ULS technology hires chief commercial & growth officer

ULS technology has recruited Simon McCulloch in the newly created position of chief commercial...

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...

Latest news

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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