Conveyancing

Completions taking much longer than expected

A survey from the Open Property Data Association (OPDA) has revealed that homebuying is...

Stonebridge launch conveyancing proposition for members

Stonebridge has entered into an exclusive partnership with Curve Conveyancing Solutions to supply a...

Broker Conveyancing to take hit on Land Registry fee rise

Broker Conveyancing says it will not be passing on the imminent rise in HM...

ONP Solicitors opens new Cardiff office

ONP Solicitors, part of home moving group Movera, is to open its first office...

Simply Conveyancing shuts Peterborough office, citing strategic shift, amid pre-Christmas redundancies

Simply Conveyancing has announced the closure of its Peterborough office, with over half of...

Orbital Witness becomes CA affiliate

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has announced Orbital Witness, a property due diligence automation platform...

ONP Solicitors’ new hire to lead in Leeds

ONP Solicitors has appointed Gemma Etheridge as its new conveyancing team manager. Etheridge has over...

Gen H lowers homebuying bundle and retention rates

Gen H has cut rates by up to 14 basis points (bps) across its...

The impending stamp duty cliff-edge

The recent Budget has officially marked April 2025 as the end of the stamp...

Conveyancing Association updates Technical Protocol

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has published the sixth iteration of its Conveyancing Technical Protocol. The...

Levelling Up conveyancing forum participants report practical improvements

The third Levelling Up conveyancing forum, which took place on 17 October, saw industry...

Hinckley & Rugby BS introduces remortgage service with PEXA

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has partnered with PEXA to speed up its remortgage...

CoPSO and OPDA to cooperate on digitising homebuying process

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) and the Open Property Data Association (OPDA)...

Movera supporting staff with professional development

Home-moving group, Movera, has invested in six colleagues towards gaining their professional qualifications, with...
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COMMENT

Comment

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom

This was always going to be a tricky interview. I’ve known Kevin Tunnicliffe, chief executive officer of Sort Group, which includes Sort Refer, for...

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MAB research shows confidence among buyers is rising, but many still hesitate

More than half of prospective buyers say they are ready to purchase in 2026,...
Building Societies

Market Harborough cuts fixed rates and adds pre-completion switch option

Market Harborough Building Society has cut fixed mortgage rates by up to 36bps and...
Appointments

Together appoints corporate sales director for Teesside and North Yorkshire

Together has appointed Kristi Capaldi as corporate sales director for Teesside and North Yorkshire,...
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Ceta unveils rent guarantee products for landlords facing longer possession delays

Ceta has launched four wholesale rent guarantee products, arguing that longer possession timelines under...

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