Conveyancing

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...

LMS: instruction volumes beginning to steady

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

COMMENT

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...

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts limited company buy-to-let rates for brokers

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected limited company buy-to-let rates by up to 20...

Paragon Bank introduces limited edition 60% LTV buy-to-let products

Paragon Bank has expanded its buy-to-let range with a new tranche of 60% loan-to-value...

TwentyCi hires Nick Huntley to lead sales at TwentyEA and TwentyConvey

TwentyCi has appointed Nick Huntley as sales director for TwentyEA and TwentyConvey as the...

HSBC cuts mortgage rates by up to 34bps across core ranges

HSBC UK has reduced mortgage rates across its product range, with cuts of up...

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