Conveyancing

LMS extends Dudley BS partnership

Conveyancing service provider LMS has extended its partnership with the Dudley Building Society. The...

The political landscape is going to be changed

So, we have just days to go before this General Election campaign is over....

CA unveils new ‘cyber newsletter’

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has launched its new cyber newsletter, dealing with a range of...

CA welcomes political backing for home buying process changes

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has welcomed the recent political endorsement of its plans to modernise the...

Flat activity for conveyancers

The year so far has seen little movement in quarterly conveyancing activity levels, according to the Q1...

Breezeplus+ moves to tackle service issues

Breezeplus+ Legal Solutions has launched a broker engagement programme to support brokers who have...

Goldsmith Williams Solicitors to rebrand

Liverpool-based national law firm Goldsmith Williams Solicitors will become GWlegal later in the year. There will...

Cost of buying and moving home to continue to rise

The combined ‘additional costs’ of moving home, such as estate agent fees and conveyancing costs,...

Source reveals 2017 Masterclass event schedule

Source Insurance is to hold another round of Masterclasses this spring. Free to attend, Masterclasses...

E-conveyancing milestone achieved

Convey Law has facilitated the first ever electronic e-signature exchange of contracts for a...

New membership categories for Conveyancing Association

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has detailed a number of new membership categories and provided an...

Doing it right vs ‘saving’ money

Take a straw poll on the collective buying habits of the UK consumer and...

CA outlines leasehold reform progress

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has outlined the progress made on its ‘leasehold reform’ work stream...

Conveyancing Foundation donates £50k to cancer charity

Newport-based law firm Convey Law has raised £50,000 for Children with Cancer through the Conveyancing Foundation’s...

COMMENT

The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

Latest news

Buyer demand stabilises but mortgage market remains cautious

The UK housing market may be showing early signs of stabilisation but mortgage brokers...

Cooling rents could ease affordability pressures for first-time buyers

Slower rental growth and improving affordability across much of the UK could provide some...

ABS 2026 review: Global and UK issues cool the market

It’s that time of the year again when the world of wholesale funding descends...

HomeOwners Alliance appoints Sarah Tucker as lead mortgage commentator

HomeOwners Alliance has partnered with property and mortgage expert Sarah Tucker, who will become...

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