Technology

Insecure hosting could lead to GDPR breaches

Anti-money laundering firm SmartSearch has warned many businesses may be at risk of being...

Accord is latest lender for Lendex

Accord Mortgages has joined Lendex, Mortgage Brain's multi-lender application and submission gateway. Accord now joins Nationwide...

Legal & General launches affordability sourcing tool

Legal & General is to provide what it hails as a ‘first-of-its-kind’ affordability sourcing...

Nivo to drive Black & White Bridging’s digital transformation

Black & White Bridging has chosen Nivo to introduce an app-based application process to...

Later life market should make more of technology

More2life's latest research has found that 36% of advisers think the later life lending...

Fluent Mortgages integrates with Lendex

Fluent Mortgages has integrated with Lendex, the multi-lender application and submission gateway from Mortgage...

Twenty7Tec to integrate virtual assistant into CloudTwenty7

Twenty7Tec has formed a strategic partnership with Meet Parker, an Augmented Intelligence virtual assistant...

Legal & General Mortgage Club creates API integration with Kensington Mortgages

Legal & General Mortgage Club has finished an API led integration with Kensington Mortgages,...

Accord to host free digital masterclass for advisers

Accord Mortgages is offering brokers free tips and advice on how to create a...

First 4 Bridging in tech partnership with Nivo

First 4 Bridging (F4B) has partnered with Nivo to deliver a secure instant messaging...

CHL Mortgages selects BEP Systems for originations platform

CHL Mortgages has partnered with BEP Systems to provide advanced solutions for its buy-to-let...

LendingMetrics in Experian partnership

LendingMetrics is partnering with Experian to help facilitate the growth of its LMX data...

Smartr365 unveils SmartrInsight for business performance analysis

Users of Smartr365 can now analyse their business performance from the platform with the newly...

Promotion for Carruthers at Iress

Iress has promoted Steve Carruthers to the position of head of business development -...

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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