TECH

by Alex Brownbridge, Product Team Lead A major milestone for LendInvest has been the introduction of AVMs in our Broker Portal for Bridging; to speed up the loan’s lifecycle, reduce costs and put you in control of your loan. Technology has facilitated this gear-shift through Rightmove’s API, paired with Salesforce and LendInvest’s very own rules...

Tech Meetup is an event for everyone in the tech community in and around Glasgow, welcoming everyone from experienced developers to students or those starting out their careers. LendInvest have been sponsoring this event since January 2023 as part of our efforts to support the thriving tech community in Glasgow and grow our presence in...

by Konnaire Scannell, Senior Product Designer  The what Here at LendInvest we appreciate that design thinking applied correctly means the difference between a forgettable experience and one a broker will remember forever. It’s my opinion that we should strive to aim for the forgettable as often as possible. We’re all familiar with the Jared Spool...

by Chris Levy, Senior Software Engineer At LendInvest we like to keep up with the latest technologies. A great way to do this is to attend conferences and meetups with tech user groups. In fact, we host multiple Tech (and non-Tech) meetups in our offices in London and Glasgow. One such meetup series is PHP...

by Meenakshi Choudhary, QA Engineering Manager Quality assurance (QA) is often assumed to be a thin slice of work—something that happens in between writing code and getting it deployed to production. But in reality it doesn’t happen at just one point in time, and it encompasses more than the testing tools, the number of tests...

by Ru Arup, Data Team Lead. Connect with Ru on LinkedIn. As LendInvest has expanded to become a technology-first public business, the number of data sources, variation and quantum of data has grown enormously. For each loan application we are now collecting tens of thousands of data points to help us analyse credit risk and...

And you are selling design. Tim Brown, Executive Chair of IDEO defines design thinking as ‘…a human-centered approach to innovation that draws from the designer’s toolkit to integrate the needs of people, the possibilities of technology, and the requirements for business success’. It is an approach to problem solving which emphasises both empathy for the...

See our technology in action by using our broker portals to submit your deals. Peter Wallis joined LendInvest midway through 2021 as our new VP of Technology, helping the tech team deliver the future of simpler mortgage lending.  See what he has to say about  joining the team and its priorities for the year ahead....

See all of our Buy-to-Let rates, criteria and get an instant quote on our Buy-to-Let page.  by Sophie Mitchell-Charman As lockdown began at the start of November, brokers, lenders and property investors could at least see some comfort that the housing market – which had been stopped in its tracks in March – would be...

by Sophie Mitchell-Charman, Sales Director A version of this piece originally appeared in Mortgage Strategy. To see our latest Buy-to-Let rates and offers, and get an instant quote, please visit our Buy-to-Let page.  While a broker’s initial first contact with a lender may be a result of them sourcing a special rate or preferential criteria,...