American Mortgage News

LeadPoint has launched a conversion rate calculator for lead buyers, designed to enable lead buyers to see exactly what percentage of their leads have converted into business over a specified date range. ...

Home Buyer Systems (HBS) is to enter into partnerships with other service providers that will give its users access to a wide range of additional services. ...

New figures from Unbiased.co.uk reveal that consumers continue to put their trust in IFAs, with the firm receiving over half a million requests for details of local IFAs last year. ...

Online conveyancing distributor Conveyancing Alliance Ltd (CAL has urged advisers to adapt to the changing nature of the housing market by focusing their business on the purchase market. ...

EGateway has linked up with Residential Property Solutions Capital Partners (RPS) to offer the firm’s new Home Rescue and Buyback product through its membership. ...

The Co-operative Bank has launched a new three-year tracker mortgage at a rate of 2.39%. ...

Solent Mortgage Services (SMS has added equity release to its intermediary offering, with the addition of Equity Advice.co.uk to its panel. ...

Spanish banking giant Santander has announced that it is to rebrand its UK high street brands, with Abbey, Alliance & Leicester (A&L) and Bradford & Bingley (B&B) all to become known as Santander by the end of 2010. ...

Jason Graham, managing director of Mortgage Support Network (MSN), is to leave the firm with after completing the sale of his shares back to the company. ...

Following the FSA Mortgage Sector Conference last week, the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has launched a consultation paper on the future of mortgage regulation. ...

Over the past six months, much was made of the "emergency" need to rescue the nation's largest banks, lest the country enter a downward economic spiral that would have catastrophic consequences for

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It’s funny how quickly paradigms can change. On the origination front, lenders have become more innovative and resourceful in terms of how they implement and manage technology.

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