Conveyancing

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,...

SortRefer hires regional account managers

SortRefer has announced the appointments of Katarzyna Kosmowska and Edward Green as regional account...

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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