Conveyancing

O’Neill Patient hires sales director

O’Neill Patient Group (ONP) has appointed Jessica Szczelkun as its first sales director. She joins...

Conveyancing Association issues Code of Practice response

The Conveyancing Association (CA), the trade body for the conveyancing industry, has issued its...

LMS teams up with RIO mortgage provider

Conveyancing solutions provider, LMS, has partnered with LiveMore Capital to facilitate legal services for...

Remortgage values rise in Q2 while approval numbers fall

LMS has published its latest Remortgage Healthcheck Index, covering Q1 and Q2 2020, produced...

Movin’ Legal expands sales team

Conveyancing portal Movin’ Legal is growing its sales team, hiring two new business development...

Progress in conveyancing is really happening

‘The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.’ I’m not prone to quoting...

‘Witnessed electronic signatures’ now acceptable for home buying

The Land Registry is now accepting ‘witnessed electronic signatures’ from electronic signatures that enable...

Smartr365 speeds up process for eConveyancer

Mortgage technology platform Smartr365 has announced the first major development under its ‘You Ask,...

Wales is on a very different track to England

Stamp duty announcements are not exactly ten-a-penny but they do come around fairly often,...

ULS Technology partners with Openwork

Conveyancing solution provider, ULS Technology, has announced an exclusive 3-year partnership with Openwork, extending...

Conveyancers call for Welsh govt to match Stamp Duty changes

The Conveyancing Association (CA), which represents the conveyancing industry, has today called on the...

How are we to judge mortgage market normality?

It seems fairly obvious but the most common benchmark is bound to be what...

LMS optimistic for “more confident and stable” remortgage market

LMS has published its latest weekly update, tracking remortgage market performance through the Covid-19...

SortRefer reports record business levels

SortRefer has revealed significant growth and record business levels in June amid the Covid-19...

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Why predicting 2025 interest rates feels like a fool’s errand

In my first (and for some reason clearly not my last) article last month, I attempted (perhaps foolishly) to discuss where rates might go...

Helping university students onto the property ladder

As we head towards the Easter break, thousands of first-year university students up and down the country will be preparing for exams and making...

Lenders must step up on high LTV products

Things are on the up for borrowers with a smaller deposit. The financial information website Moneyfacts publishes a regular update on mortgage product numbers,...

Why it matters that bridging hit more than £10bn last year

We see many numbers bandied around in the financial industry, which can sometimes have a numbing effect. So why should we all, especially brokers, care...

Top five reasons why renters should consider short-term protection insurance

In an unpredictable world, financial security can often feel like a luxury, especially for renters who may already juggle living expenses, rent payments, and...

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More2life unveils Tailored Interest Reward lifetime mortgage

More2life has launched its latest lifetime mortgage, Tailored Interest Reward, designed to provide later...

Pivot provides complex multi-loan deal for Denby Dale development

Pivot has completed a funding package consisting of three loans for a residential development...

HREF reports record month for lending

Hilco Real Estate Finance (HREF) has recorded its strongest month to date, completing three...

Mortgage advisers failing over-50s on later life lending, Key warns

Mortgage advisers are not doing enough to support over-50s with later life lending options,...