Conveyancing

Avoid the conveyancing dabblers

There’s many terms for those conveyancing firms who do a very small amount of...

Fall in number of people buying houses on their own

The number of homes bought by ‘single’ purchasers has fallen by an average of...

Modernising Conveyancing conference agenda announced

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has published the agenda for its ‘Modernising Conveyancing’ conference, which...

Getting to Christmas in the best shape

For those that have just come back from their summer holidays, here’s an interesting...

Conveyancers achieve Cyber Safe accreditation

Blacks Solicitors and Shakespeare Martineau have become the first Conveyancing Association (CA) members to...

Legal & General Conveyancing Services launches

Legal & General Mortgage Club has launched Legal & General Conveyancing Services, which offers...

Broker Conveyancer sees no post-referendum slowdown

Broker Conveyancing has reported a summer upturn in instruction levels during August and over the...

Conveyancing Association gets backing for leasehold campaign

Co-op Legal Services has backed the Conveyancing Association's (CA) campaign to reform the leasehold...

CA vows to continue leasehold reform campaign

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has stated that it will continue with its campaign to...

SortRefer appoints relationship manager

Online conveyancing portal SortRefer has hired Jessica Szczelkun as relationship manager. A fully qualified solicitor, Szczelkun will...

Property Butler offers conveyancing app

Property Butler, the conveyancing and concierge service for estate agents, has launched a mobile...

Call for shake-up of leasehold transaction process

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has issued a series of recommendations to end what it believes...

Marketing to the younger generation

In order to appear ‘down with the kids’ I will begin this article with...

Stonebridge Group unveils DA proposition

Stonebridge Group has launched Stonebridge Genus, its new proposition for directly authorised (DA) advisers. ...

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

Skipton loses former Connells chief’s discrimination case

Skipton Group Holdings and Connells have lost an employment tribunal case brought by former...

IMLA supports flexible mortgage rules but says housing supply remains key

Mortgage lenders have backed proposals to give first-time buyers and other underserved borrowers greater...

Mortgage borrowing jumps to £7.7bn

Net mortgage borrowing more than doubled to £7.7bn in June, up from £3.3bn in...

AMI says mortgage rule reforms must keep advice at their core

Proposals to give lenders greater flexibility must be supported by mortgage advice if they...

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