Conveyancing

Homebuyers want more digital documentation

81% of homebuyers across the country want a wider adoption of digital documentation tools...

LendInvest appoints fintech law firm to BTL legal panel 

LendInvest has appointed 'digital-first' law firm, Juno, to its legal panel for its buy-to-let product. Juno...

LMS partners with the Darlington Building Society

The Darlington Building Society is to become the 29th lender within LMS Panel Link. In...

Molo Finance selects panel management partner

Digital mortgage lender, Molo Finance, has partnered with conveyancing panel management specialist Optimus to...

ULS Technology in panel management deal with MPowered Mortgages

ULS Technology has partnered with MPowered Mortgages to provide an integrated panel management service...

Free conveyancing courses for welsh businesses

A Welsh training academy is offering legal practices and property firms in Wales free...

Majority female board for Convey Law following two appointments

Conveyancing firm Convey Law has appointed two new directors. It now has a female-majority board...

Conveyancing Association backs Queen’s Speech’ leasehold reform bill 

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has twelcomed the inclusion of a new Leasehold Reform (Ground...

Conveyancing staff raise £10k with Captain Tom 100 Challenge

STAFF at Convey Law staff have raised £10,000 in memory of Captain Sir Tom Moore...

Conveyancing Association appoints new non-executive chair

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has announced the appointment of a new non-executive chair. Nicky Heathcote,...

Conveyancing Foundation holds #BeKindWeCare webinar

The Conveyancing Foundation’s first #BeKindWeCare webinar took place last week, with Stress management experts...

Cutting the cost of collapsed house purchases for clients

The property market is in extraordinary shape. The latest data from HM Revenue &...

Technology can help alleviate conveyancers’ stress

On 8 July 2020, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced that a temporary Stamp Duty Land...

Zephyr Homeloans expands limited company conveyancer panel

Specialist buy-to-let lender, Zephyr Homeloans, has increased its limited company conveyancer panel to eight...

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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