Conveyancing

CA provides sector-specific guidance for conveyancing firms

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has issued newly-published sector-specific guidance for conveyancing firms in order...

LMS: May remortgage instruction spike continues

LMS has today published its latest weekly update, tracking remortgage market performance through the...

Remortgage instruction spike following market ‘reopening’

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

SortRefer reports lockdown remortgage growth

SortRefer has reported a busy April and a strong start to May despite the...

LMS: remortgage market continues strong start to May

Conveyancing solutions provider LMS has published its latest weekly update, tracking remortgage market performance...

ULS Technology appoints new directors

Conveyancing panel manager and technology solutions provider, ULS Technology, has appointed two new directors...

Industry proposes safe home moving process

The Conveyancing Association (CA) is supporting a cross-industry guide on re-opening the housing market,...

Conveyancing Association urges housing market stimulation measures

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has called on the government to extend its furlough scheme...

LMS: “cause to be optimistic” from remortgage stats

LMS has reported that remortgage instruction volumes began to show signs of steadying in...

Conveyancers and lease administrators set out Covid-19 strategy

Members of the Conveyancing Association (CA) have set out a number of measures for...

Conveyancers can’t wave a magic wand

So, there’s no doubt about it, that we’re living through extraordinary times and the...

Conveyancing stakeholders produce Covid-19 industry guidance

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has endorsed industry-wide guidance to conveyancing firms advising clients on...

Covid-19: Don’t move house, advises government

The government is urging urge parties involved in home moving to "adapt and be...

Instructions up at Broker Conveyancing

Broker Conveyancing has reported a significant rise in both instruction and adviser user figures...

COMMENT

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

Latest news

Landbay adds 11 tracker products and cuts rates by up to 15bps

Landbay has expanded its buy-to-let tracker range with 11 new products and reduced rates...

Howden expands in North Wales with Wrexham office

Howden has opened its first commercial insurance office in Wrexham as the broker expands...

UK buyers reluctant to compromise despite affordability pressures

UK homebuyers remain committed to purchasing a property but are less willing than buyers...

Keystone trims buy-to-let fixed rates by up to 15bps

Keystone Property Finance has reduced pricing across a number of its buy-to-let mortgage ranges,...

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