Conveyancing

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...

Conveyancing portal backs ‘free legals’ scrap

SortRefer has praised Nationwide for its decision to scrap remortgage ‘free legals’ packages across...
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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...

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Building Societies

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...
Buy-to-let

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...
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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...
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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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