Orbiter’s Wayne Smethurst believes technology in the form of mortgage sourcing systems can help the intermediary market once again find favour with lenders

Neil Warman of HML examines how funding is driving strategic change throughout the mortgage industry and how obtaining it is only the first hurdle when deciding how to operate in the UK lending market

David Ellis and Guru Rao of Capco look at what is key to successful sourcing initiatives and how the adoption of a particular governance model is dependent on the size, maturity and development of an organisation's sourcing capability

The TrigoldCrystal equity release sourcing system went live today for all users. This new tool enables intermediaries to source and select equity release products using a ‘benefits driven’ sourcing engine and will be available to the seven out of ten brokers using the TrigoldCrystal system.

Xit2, the property data hub, has joinied the Council of Mortgage Lenders as an Associate Member. The CML now has 84 Associate Members and, after Bank of China joined in October, 136 Full Members.

Servicing commercial mortgages is complex, particularly since the number of loans in default has risen. Mark Miller of LNR Partners & Hatfield Philips discusses how CMBS servicers’ responsibilities have increased