Conveyancing

Conveybuddy recruits area manager for the Midlands

Conveyancing distributor, conveybuddy, has appointed Steve Emblem as area manager for the Midlands. Emblem (pictured)...

CA launches lender survey to gauge conveyancer views

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has launched its 2025 Lender Survey to get feedback on...

Borrower expectations need to be managed with Stamp Duty deadline looming

Mortgage trade bodes have sounded a warning over the impending Stamp Duty holiday deadline. Since...

Conveyancing Association publishes 2025 Annual Conference agenda

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has outlined the details of the agenda for its 2025...

Conveybuddy reaches 1,000 broker registrations

Conveybuddy has hit a milestone with over 1,000 brokers having registered with its platform...

Friday 13th Horror: GW Legal gets closed down by regulator and won’t open again

Conveyancing firm GW Legal was shut down by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) on...

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...

COMMENT

The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

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Buyer demand stabilises but mortgage market remains cautious

The UK housing market may be showing early signs of stabilisation but mortgage brokers...

Cooling rents could ease affordability pressures for first-time buyers

Slower rental growth and improving affordability across much of the UK could provide some...

ABS 2026 review: Global and UK issues cool the market

It’s that time of the year again when the world of wholesale funding descends...

HomeOwners Alliance appoints Sarah Tucker as lead mortgage commentator

HomeOwners Alliance has partnered with property and mortgage expert Sarah Tucker, who will become...

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