Conveyancing

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...

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...

COMMENT

Rates are moving and regulation is evolving

Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...

Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence

The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...

The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right

The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...

Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home

For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...

The case for tech fluency before AI adoption in the mutual sector

It often feels like there is only one conversation taking place in financial services at the moment: artificial intelligence. Whether it’s trade shows and...

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Broker Conveyancing launches £175 remortgage package

Broker Conveyancing has introduced a fixed-price remortgage conveyancing package through its new online hub. The...

Buckinghamshire BS cuts residential and specialist rates

Buckinghamshire Building Society has reduced mortgage rates across its residential and specialist lending ranges,...

Final call for views on FCA mortgage reforms

The mortgage industry has until tomorrow to respond to Financial Conduct Authority proposals intended...

One in five borrow to fund private healthcare

Almost one in five people who recently accessed private healthcare used a credit card...

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