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Today, 11.50 am See my comments above concerning the impact of cashbacks - might help
Today, 11.38 am I have been told October as well, have tried Mortgage Brain a few times and it has never sourced accurately for me, I am really not happy about being forced to use it
Today, 11.35 am This is why i try not to place clients with L&G their online system is ancient and probably designed in the late 90's. Terrible to contact, confusing journey when submitting a case and all round not very good.
Today, 11.32 am We are still waiting for our onboarding for MB CRM, probably October 2026 but was told this last year. we have logins for part of the MB system and it look rather clunky and outdated. Looking as some of the comments it is not user friendly with clients present for a quick quote etc. There are obviou...
Yesterday, 3.37 pm Same for personal BTL
Yesterday, 3.03 pm   The Product Finder refers to properties with more than five storeys, whereas the Free Legals page refers to 5 or more storeys as a non-standard scenario. They've admitted provided conflicting information    
Yesterday, 2.43 pm Previously using Trigold, but do appreciate your tip. I feel like it's along the lines of IO. Toolbox did all I needed it to do.
Yesterday, 2.17 pm If you are comparing sourcing results with Twenty7Tec (as we did and then took a few days to work what we think is happening) you may find one issue is that MB doesn't take the cashback into account whereas Twenty7Tec was set up to do so. There are other issues and we are less than impressed on...
Yesterday, 2.08 pm How is everyone getting on with the move to MB?. I am a couple of weeks in and have to say I am not enjoying it one little bit. It seems to take an entire day just to deal with one case. You think you have finished and another section opens up and there's more. Mortgage Brain sourcing is not giv...
Yesterday, 12.28 pm The results so far... For those who selected 'other', what did you add and do you think other advisers are struggling with the same issue?

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Today, 10.38 am Following on from the recent enhancement to our fixed-term contract policy, we’re delighted to announce that we’ve also increased the maximum loan amounts across a range of LTV bands and aligned the limits for Additional borrowing applications*— giving your customers greater flexib...
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Today, 10.29 am Allisons Financial Planning has become the latest mortgage advice firm to go live with JammJar, adopting the AI-powered operating system to help transform the way its advisers and support teams manage clients and cases. The move will see Allisons use JammJar to bring people, processes, communicatio...
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Today, 9.22 am Swansea Building Society has announced plans to relocate its Carmarthen office to newly purchased premises on Blue Street, supporting the continued growth and expansion of its presence in the town. Work has begun to transform the building into a modern new office for the Society, with the project ex...
Today, 9.21 am Fleet Mortgages, the buy to let specialist lender, has today (19th August 2026) announced the reintroduction of two five-year fixed-rate HMO and Multi-Unit Freehold Block (MUFB) product options. Available from today, the new products are available up to 75% LTV and come with both a zero-fee or fixe...

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