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Conditional selling remains industry flashpoint as enforcement lags

Conditional selling remains one of the most persistent and contentious issues facing the UK...

Accounts manager jailed after £767k theft from Newcastle panel management firm

A senior employee at Newcastle-based Pure Panel Management has been jailed after embezzling more...

Conveyancing costs ease as market slowdown bites at end of 2025

The average cost of conveyancing for home movers fell sharply in the final quarter...

Law firm’s shock closure leaves conveyancing clients in the dark

Hundreds and maybe thousands of borrowers have been left high and dry after a...

Newmanor Law broadens offering with move into high-value residential conveyancing

Newmanor Law has expanded into high-value residential conveyancing with the appointment of Charles James,...

SortRefer sets out expanded regional events programme for 2026

SortRefer has confirmed that its regional events programme will continue into 2026, with nearly...

Digitisation could already halve homebuying times

Digitisation already has the power to slash the time it takes to buy a...

Hope Capital bolsters dual representation panel to speed up bridging completions

Hope Capital Property Finance has expanded its dual representation solicitor panel as it looks...

LMS adds Bath BS to its lender network

LMS has added Bath Building Society to its lender network, with the mutual joining...

Conveyancing Association sets out full agenda for 2026 annual conference

The Conveyancing Association has published the full programme for its 2026 Annual Conference, which...

City of London Police launch national fraud reporting service

The City of London Police has launched Report Fraud, a national service designed to...

Equity release largely absent from retirement planning

Equity release is still largely missing from retirement planning conversations, research from Canada Life...

Remortgage instructions rise as Budget uncertainty fades, conveybuddy data shows

Conveyancing distributor conveybuddy has released its Q4 2025 statistics, showing a shift in activity...

Opus First Media launches Bridging Soup

Opus First Media has expanded its specialist publishing portfolio with the launch of Bridging...

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Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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