Conveyancing

Conveyancing Association updates Cyberfraud & Fraud Protocol

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has published a revised fourth version of its Cyberfraud and...

SimplyBiz Mortgages unveils new conveyancing offering

SimplyBiz Mortgages has relaunched its conveyancing partner portal. It has launched with two new...

You could be missing out in a big way

We can all be creatures of habit – of that there is no doubt....

GWlegal introduces online bridging purchase questionnaire

As part of the digitalisation of its conveyancing process, GWlegal is launching an online bridging...

“Strong” 2018 for SortRefer

SortRefer has reported an 18% increase in conveyancing instructions in 2018 over the previous year. The...

Why it makes sense to recommend specialists

In my experience, asking clients who their solicitor might be, normally gets the response...

CA responds to leasehold enfranchisement reform consultation

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has issued its response to the Law Commission’s leasehold enfranchisement...

Molo and My Home Move to offer fully digital conveyancing

Molo has partnered with My Home Move to integrate the conveyancing service into its...

Fundamental change in coming, warns Conveyancing Association

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has used its Annual Conference to urge member firms to...

Mortgage Brain makes improvements to ConveyancingBrain

Mortgage Brain has made a number of new system enhancements to its online comparison...

Dealing with the quiet times

I keep an eye on a number of the adviser forums, the Twitterati and...

CA responds to MHCLG Implementing Leasehold Reform Consultation

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has issued its response to the Ministry for Housing, Communities &...

Shieldpay receives grant to transform real estate transactions

Secure payments provide Shieldpay has been awarded an Innovate UK grant. The funding will be used...

Skipton International improves expat buy-to-let offering

Skipton International is to include the conveyancing fees of both the lender and the...

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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