Conveyancing

Conveyancing – the price isn’t always right

Click your way through any number of homes for sale on various property websites...

Sort Group appoints sales & relationship director

Sort Group has appointed Jessica Szczelkun to the newly created role of sales &...

New CEO for LMS

Nick Chadbourne, chief operating officer (COO) at conveyancing service provider and panel manager LMS, has...

GWlegal issues remortgage guarantee

GWlegal has launched a "cast-iron" remortgage guarantee, where the fee quoted on day one...

Accord: free legals still popular

Accord Mortgages has stated that the majority of its remortgage borrowers are choosing free...

CA pushes commonhold usage to DCLG

The Conveyancing Association (CA)  has issued its full response to the Department for Communities...

Brightstar joins Legal & General Mortgage Club panel

Brightstar Financial has been added to Legal & General Mortgage Club’s specialist distributor panel. Brightstar...

Advice published to aid solicitors beat property fraud

HM Land Registry and the Law Society of England and Wales has jointly developed...

LMS: “record flight” to five-year fixes

LMS has reported that homeowners are moving away from short-term deals and variable rates...

Rebrand for Goldsmith Williams

Liverpool-based firm Goldsmith Williams has rebranded to GWlegal. The firm assumes its new identity as...

The Right Mortgage unveils conveyancing solution

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has launched a new conveyancing platform, The Right...

Competition drove remortgaging activity in June

21% of remortgagors lowered their overall mortgage payments in June – up from 15%...

Sharp rise reported in conveyancers’ efficiency

Productivity levels in the conveyancing market have increased by 69% in four years from...

End to free legals? Don’t hold your breath

There are some moments and decisions that, in years to come, you are able...

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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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Seven out of 10 homebuyers likely to miss stamp duty deadline

Seven out of 10 (71%) homebuyers with accepted offers expect to miss the 31st...

First-time buyer mortgage sales declined in London over the past decade

First-time buyer mortgage sales in London declined significantly between 2013 and 2023, as increasing...

UTB appoints BDM for the north and Scotland

Fran Arnold has joined the sales team at United Trust Bank Mortgages as business...

International demand for UK property investment ‘more diverse than expected’

The UK property market is attracting investment from a much broader range of international...