Conveyancing

LMS appoints chief financial officer

LMS has strengthened its senior leadership team with the appointment of Alexi Walsh as...

e4 Strategic deepens Caversham House partnership to build AI capability into VERSA

e4 Strategic has extended its partnership with Caversham House as it looks to embed...

Conveybuddy unveils new account manager

Conveybuddy has appointed Emily Bradbury as account manager, a move that adds further capacity...

OPDA calls on housing market to respond to proposed reforms

The Open Property Data Association (OPDA) has urged the industry to engage with the...

MIMHC launches programme to train over 100 Mental Health First Aiders

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) Foundation has announced its most ambitious programme...

UTB rolls out electronic deeds and mandates to speed mortgage processing

United Trust Bank has expanded its digital capability across residential and second charge mortgages...

Thirdfort adopts iProov identity checks in move to cut property fraud risk

Thirdfort has deployed iProov Dynamic Liveness across its compliance platform to combat identity fraud...

Penrith BS joins LMS Panel Link network

LMS has added Penrith Building Society to its Panel Link platform as the Cumbrian...

Advisers are missing a clear chance to help clients with survey advice

For years, advisers have often seen surveys as something outside their core work. Some...

Conveybuddy adds Talbots Law to its conveyancing panel

Conveyancing distributor conveybuddy has appointed Talbots Law to its panel, giving advisers access to...

Conveyancers in AI push to speed up property transactions

Artificial intelligence use among residential conveyancers has doubled in the past year, according to...

Q&A: Mark Tosetti, CAL

Mortgage Soup fires the questions at Mark Tosetti, CEO of CAL and director of...

Access FS agrees new referral fee partnership with two conveyancing portals

Access Financial Services has entered into a new partnership with Broker Conveyancing and SortRefer,...

Conveybuddy adds Talbots Law to expanding conveyancing panel

Conveybuddy has added Talbots Law to its conveyancing panel, bringing one of the Midlands’...

COMMENT

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

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Millions of households exposed to financial shocks despite apparent stability

Millions of UK households that appear financially secure could struggle to absorb an unexpected...

The Mortgage Hut adopts Instamo tool to speed up mortgage applications

The Mortgage Hut has introduced Instamo's FastSubmit technology to reduce the amount of manual...

FCA sets out timetable for major expansion of anti-money laundering supervision

The FCA expects to begin taking over anti-money laundering supervision of legal, accountancy and...

MAB revenue rises as refinancing drives mortgage completions

Mortgage Advice Bureau reported an 8.6% increase in first-half revenue to £161.0m as higher...

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