Conveyancing

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. ...

LMS improves digital conveyancing portal

LMS has launched an upgrade for its customer conveyancing portal, Track My Case. Track...

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

Conveyancing delays seen as biggest obstacle to smoother home moves

Conveyancing is viewed as a bigger barrier to a smooth property transaction than chains,...

Millions of households exposed to financial shocks despite apparent stability

Millions of UK households that appear financially secure could struggle to absorb an unexpected...

The Mortgage Hut adopts Instamo tool to speed up mortgage applications

The Mortgage Hut has introduced Instamo's FastSubmit technology to reduce the amount of manual...

FCA sets out timetable for major expansion of anti-money laundering supervision

The FCA expects to begin taking over anti-money laundering supervision of legal, accountancy and...

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