Conveyancing

Helping with the ‘what next?’

Anyone who has bought a house for the first time, or even on subsequent...

Panel restrictions boost case for conveyancing specialists

New conveyancing panel restrictions adopted by mortgage lenders are moving the market a significant...

Mortgage Brain unveils ConveyancingBrain

Mortgage Brain has announced the launch of ConveyancingBrain, a new conveyancing service for mortgage...

FSE London: need for specialist BTL conveyancers

Landlords have been urged to visit mortgage brokers twice a year to ensure they...

Estate agent rapped over misleading claims

Bolton based Redman Casey Estate Agents has had two issues investigated by the Advertising...

Sorting the conveyancing wheat from the chaff

When it comes to conveyancing there are certain fundamentals that will be craved by...

Busiest summer for lending in years, says conveyancer

A national firm handling conveyancing has reported an very large rise in the number...

Time for remortgage clients to grasp the nettle

The Bank Base Rate (BBR) rollercoaster appears to have been steadily cranked up in...

Broker Conveyancing sees instructions up by a third

Broker Conveyancing has reported that quarterly instruction levels for both purchases and remortgages were up by...

SortRefer expands BDM team

SortRefer, the online broker referral portal, has appointed Tina Panayi as its newest business...

Lenders still – and will always – wield the power

Reading about the major UK lenders and their apparent push for some of the...

Blacks Connect upgrades quote & instruction system

Blacks Connect has announced an upgrade of its broker quotation and instruction system with...

Trade shows confirm positive industry feeling

The Spring exhibition season is over – at least the major all-encompassing ones –...

Precise expands conveyancer panel

Precise Mortgages has expanded its conveyancer panel following feedback from brokers and borrowers. The...

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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