Conveyancing

UK’s first fully digital mortgage settlement hailed

Shieldpay and My Home Move’s law firm subsidiary, Premier Property Lawyers, with the support...

Why your conveyancing advice matters

I think it’s fair to say that when it comes to clients and their...

Brokers question effectiveness of free legal services

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has surveyed its membership to ascertain how intermediaries...

Handling the twist and turns of the market

Deciphering the current state of the UK mortgage market could take the equivalent of...

Broker Conveyancing unveils fixed price BTL remo deals

Broker Conveyancing has launched a new range of fixed-price buy-to-let remortgage conveyancing products for...

Conveyancing Association revises Cyberfraud & Fraud Protocol

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has revised its Cyberfraud and Fraud Protocol which seeks to...

PRIMIS expands conveyancing panel

PRIMIS Mortgage Network has announced the addition of When You Move to its conveyancing...

SortRefer achieves ISO 27001 and claims GDPR readiness

Online conveyancing platform SortRefer has stated that it has attained ISO 27001, a benchmark for...

CA welcomes government’s response to its homebuying and selling proposals

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has welcomed the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government’s...

First digital mortgage signed by borrower and registered at Land Registry

The Coventry Building Society and Enact Conveyancing have lodged the first digitally signed mortgage...

Advisers can help stop conveyancing fraud

The very nature of a property transaction makes it especially alluring and appealing for...

SortRefer issues client guides for brokers

SortRefer has published its final client guide. The 31 guides are available free to every adviser...

Problems with free legals have not gone away

In this business, issues which at one point seemed incredibly important often get resolved...

Conveyancing Association to support ESTAS Conveyancing Awards

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has announced its ongoing support for the ESTAS Conveyancing Awards,...

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

First-time buyer squeeze deepens as mortgage rates climb

First-time buyers with small deposits face mounting pressure as average mortgage rates rise and...

Mortgage costs push sales 9% lower

Higher mortgage rates have contributed to a sharper-than-usual summer housing slowdown, with sales agreed...

Access FS appoints Alan Baldwin as compliance director

Access Financial Services has appointed Alan Baldwin as director of compliance as it expands...

Mortgage-backed Swansea auction sale completes in six days

A mortgage-financed property purchase in Swansea has completed six days after the draft contract...

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