Technology

Mortgage Magic introduces back office system

Mortgage Magic has unveiled Prometheus, a back office system for mortgage brokers. Prometheus is an...

Iress adds Shepherds Friendly to The Exchange

Iress has announced that Shepherds Friendly's income protection products are now available on Iress’s...

Target Group appoints chief growth officer

Target Group has announced the promotion of Mark Gilliver to chief growth officer. Gilliver (pictured)...

Coventry for intermediaries launches online product transfers

Coventry for intermediaries has launched online product transfers to make it more straightforward for...

Mortgage Magic introduces electronic ID verification

Mortgage Magic has developed and launched its own electronic ID verification (E-ID) technology. The...

Lendco unveils new website

Specialist lender, Lendco, has revamped its website. The new website had been designed to be...

Evolution Money employs Nivo for app

Second charge lender Evolution Money has partnered with Nivo to launch a new digital...

360 Dotnet hires head of intermediary sales

360 Dotnet has announced the appointment of Stephen Cowdell as its head of intermediary...

Firms “failing to detect criminal ghosts”

45% of finance and banking firms are failing to carry out 'ghost-buster' checks on...

Pure Retirement renews contract with Phoebus Software

Pure Retirement has signed a new contract with Phoebus Software Limited (PSL). The two firms...

The Mansfield simplifies application process

Mansfield Building Society has launched with Open Banking platform DirectID to make it easier...

Freedom Finance adopts OMS for back-office processing support

Freedom Finance has selected One Mortgage System (OMS), the single-input enquiry-to-completion processing platform for...

L&G adds 10 lenders to SmartrFit tool

Legal & General has announced the integration of 10 lenders to its mortgage research...

Paymentshield unveils home insurance platform enhancements

Paymentshield has made a number of upgrades to its Adviser Hub platform. The latest change,...

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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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