Conveyancing

Convey Law helps pair of charities

Convey Law has donated funds to help two charities, the MS Society and Many...

What will the market in Q4 look like?

September begins and it is likely to be one of the more interesting months...

Brokers get the credit for picking the right remortgage partners

In an ideal world, there would not be any pressing time deadlines when it...

Conveyancing Foundation shares mental health best practice

The Conveyancing Foundation has held the second webinar in its ‘Be Kind We Care’ initiative. The...

ULS technology hires director of conveyancing transformation

ULS technology has appointed Angela Hesketh as director of conveyancing transformation. Hesketh has worked within...

ULS technology appoints marketing manager

ULS technology has added to its marketing team with the appointment of Dominique Fish...

Optimus to drive new OpenMoney online advice service

Conveyancing panel manager, Optimus, has announced that OpenMoney has signed a contract to integrate Optimus’...

LMS: stable remortgage activity here to stay

LMS has published its Monthly Remortgage Snapshot for remortgage market activity during June 2021. £200...

Scale of stamp duty deadline pressure on conveyancers revealed

The number of exchanges between clients and conveyancing solicitors spiked last month as the...

Learning lessons from the first Stamp Duty deadline

June was an exceptionally busy month for everyone in the property market. In fact,...

LMS launches secure messaging facility to boost turnaround times

LMS has unveiled its Secure Link messaging service to better streamline the conveyancing process...

Conveyancing Foundation initiative secures sponsorship

Digital onboarding platform Thirdfort and training provider the Conveyancing Academy have become the latest...

Conveyancers want leasehold reform legislation

The Conveyancing Association (CA) is calling on the government to move ‘further and faster’ in...

ULS Technology agrees deal with Legal & General Mortgage Club

ULS Technology has signed a new three-year panel management contract with Legal & General...

COMMENT

Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

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,...

Latest news

Skipton loses former Connells chief’s discrimination case

Skipton Group Holdings and Connells have lost an employment tribunal case brought by former...

IMLA supports flexible mortgage rules but says housing supply remains key

Mortgage lenders have backed proposals to give first-time buyers and other underserved borrowers greater...

Mortgage borrowing jumps to £7.7bn

Net mortgage borrowing more than doubled to £7.7bn in June, up from £3.3bn in...

AMI says mortgage rule reforms must keep advice at their core

Proposals to give lenders greater flexibility must be supported by mortgage advice if they...

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