Conveyancing

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...

Conveyancing: improving technology is only part of the answer

A recent survey of mortgage applicants and home owners concluded that the major area...

SortRefer: free remortgage legals “a mirage”

SortRefer has argued that many of the free legal packages offered by lenders are...

Fears over streamlining the conveyancing process

It’s not often that conveyancing gets mentioned in the Queen’s Speech, and if we’re...

Poor technology to blame for slow conveyancing

The conveyancing sector is seen as less technologically sophisticated than brokers, lenders and valuers...

Tesco Bank partners with LMS

Tesco Bank has selected conveyancing panel manager LMS as its integrated conveyancing partner. ...

Legal Sector Group completes leasehold reform proposals

The Legal Sector Group (LSG), which consists of the Conveyancing Association (CA), the Chartered...

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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