Conveyancing

HM Land Reg fee hikes causing market disturbance

There’s a fee hike coming shortly for key conveyancing documents at HM Land Registry,...

Conveybuddy provides RICS survey products with The Moving Portal

Conveyancing panel manager, Conveybuddy, has announced an expansion to its services by adding survey...

MAB becomes first intermediary network member of OPDA

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has become the first major mortgage intermediary to join the...

Metro Bank to partner with PEXA for “frictionless conveyancing”

PEXA has announced that Metro Bank plans to work with them to explore how...

Gen H Legal introduces fixed fee guarantee

Gen H Legal, Gen H's independent conveyancer, has introduced a fixed fee guarantee for...

Conveybuddy pledges charity donation with all completed cases

Conveybuddy has introduced a new charitable initiative aimed at supporting vital causes across the...

Transaction infrastructure firm joins OPDA

Movemnt has become the latest organisation to join the Open Property Data Association (OPDA),...

Broker Conveyancing launches fixed-price remortgage product with ONP

Broker Conveyancing has announced the launch of a new fixed-price remortgage product via its...

Broker Conveyancing sees significant rise in yearly instructions

Broker Conveyancing has reported a rise in yearly instruction numbers, as well as a...

OPDA embarks upon new homebuying research project

The Open Property Data Association (OPDA) has launched a survey to discover what buyers...

Conveybuddy appoints sales director

Conveybuddy, the conveyancing distributor, has appointed Mark Game as sales director. Game (pictured) has over...

Conveyancing Association publishes 2025 Conference & Dinner details

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has announced the initial details of its 2025 Annual Conference...

Q&A: Harpal Singh, conveybuddy

BestAdvice fires the questions at Harpal Singh, CEO at conveybuddy. BestAdvice (BA): What inspired the...

NatWest Group joins OPDA campaign

NatWest Group has joined the Open Property Data Association (OPDA) to support its campaign...

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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Richard Goppy to rejoin PMS as director of acquisition and key accounts

PMS Mortgage Club has confirmed the appointment of Richard Goppy as director of acquisition...

Renters’ Rights Act to reshape buy-to-let risk models

The Renters’ Rights Act is set to trigger a fundamental shift in how lenders assess risk...

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,...

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...

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