Technology

Criteria Hub reaches 80 lender milestone

MPowered Mortgages has become the latest lender to go live on Criteria Hub. The criteria-based...

SmartrCriteria sees major rise in searches for satisfied defaults

Legal & General Mortgage Club’s SmartrCriteria tool continued to deliver thousands of searches for...

Affordability Hub now integrated into MortgageBrain Classic

Users of MortgageBrain Classic will be able to source products based on affordability as...

Smartr365 expands Halifax Intermediaries integration

Smartr365 has built upon its integration with Halifax Intermediaries, enabling real-time mortgage Decision-in-Principle (DIP)...

SmartSearch moves into non-regulated market

Anti-money laundering (AML) solution provider SmartSearch has entered the non-regulated market with a new...

Twenty7Tec integrates WhenFresh property data & valuation range

Twenty7Tec has integrated with WhenFresh, a provider of aggregated property data solutions, allowing users...

Dashly starts next phase of broker rollout programme

Dashly has announced the rollout of its dashboard for firms. The sales accelerator tool for brokers...

Mortgage Brain creates bespoke API with Bath BS

Mortgage Brain has delivered a new, bespoke API for the Bath Building Society which...

Primis and Eligible in retention partnership

Primis Mortgage Network and Eligible.ai have agreed a new partnership to provide the network’s...

New mortgage lender to use Target’s Mortgage Hub

Target Group has secured fintech mortgage lender, Perenna, as the first client of its...

360 Dotnet and Twenty7Tec extend integration to improve fact find

360 Dotnet and Twenty7Tec have further developed their integration, allowing the communication of data...

Harpenden BS criteria now provided by Mortgage Brain

Mortgage Brain has announced an extension of its partnership with the Harpenden Building Society,...

SimplyBiz Mortgages members to have MBT Affordability access

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) and SimplyBiz Mortgages have announced a partnership to provide the...

OMS to use Nivo facial recognition ID verification service

One Mortgage System (OMS) has partnered with Nivo, a secure mobile messaging platform to...

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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