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There’s growing interest in digital mortgages

Posted by: Eddie Davies, Deputy Director – Digital Services (Head of Product), Posted on: 16 May 2019 - Categories: Buying and selling property, Digital services
A hand holds a mobile phone showing the Sign your mortgage deed service on its screen, with a coffee mug on the desk alongside.

One year on from the first digital mortgage being signed, Eddie Davies explains why more and more people are using our ‘Sign your mortgage deed’ service.

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Designing digital services: as easy as 1, 2, 3

Posted by: Shaun Ewings, Posted on: 10 April 2018 - Categories: Digital services

...been put in by so many people turn into a successful outcome. But what are the takeaways and what’s next? 1. Speak to users frequently This new service has borrowers,...

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Using GOV.UK Verify for the first digital mortgage

Posted by: Shaun Ewings, Posted on: 15 February 2018 - Categories: Digital services

...(the document that promises the repayment), the borrower signs the deed online, and the conveyancer makes the deed effective on completion of the transaction. In reality, there are complex layers...

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Verifying a secure digital mortgage service

Posted by: Shaun Ewings, Posted on: 28 July 2017 - Categories: Digital services
Open laptop with GOV.UK Verify logo superimposed.

...then input this code to confirm that they are the person signing the deed. Our digital signature won’t be an electronic representation of a handwritten signature, but a secure way...

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User testing informs Digital Mortgage development

Posted by: Shaun Ewings, Posted on: 1 February 2017 - Categories: Digital services
Smartphone showing 'Sign your mortgage deed' web page.

...what we meant by ‘signing digitally’. To sign the deed, our users just needed to enter a code which we’d sent to their mobile phones, and press a button to...

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Digital developments over 2016

Posted by: Eddie Davies, Deputy Director – Digital Services (Head of Product), Posted on: 5 January 2017 - Categories: Digital services
Digital developer working at a screen.

...is that the service is simple and easy to use. Local Land Charges 2016 was a year of considerable progress for Local Land Charges (LLC). The LLC in-house IT team...

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Looking forward to the first truly digital mortgage

Posted by: Shaun Ewings, Posted on: 8 August 2016 - Categories: Digital services
A house with a padlock superimposed and background of computer codes.

...provide us with an appropriate level of ID assurance before the borrower digitally signs their mortgage deed. We’re now getting close to the point where we will have developed all...

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