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Top conveyancer disqualified for misleading 300 students about invalid qualifications

High-profile conveyancer Lloyd Davies has been disqualified from the profession for misleading 300 students...

Foundation Home Loans unveils fee-assisted legal service for remortgages

Foundation Home Loans has launched a new fee-assisted legal service to borrowers remortgaging to...

Conveyancing Association updates Technical Protocol

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has published the sixth iteration of its Conveyancing Technical Protocol. The...

Levelling Up conveyancing forum participants report practical improvements

The third Levelling Up conveyancing forum, which took place on 17 October, saw industry...

CoPSO and OPDA to cooperate on digitising homebuying process

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) and the Open Property Data Association (OPDA)...

MFS adds title insurance across product ranges

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has introduced title insurance across a series of its residential...

My Legal Club adds Holden Smith Law to Express Remortgage service

My Legal Club has extended its Express Remortgage service for mortgage brokers with the...

Thriving through culture

The Covid pandemic provided businesses with a unique set of challenges. Some closed down...

Castle Trust completes £5.4m BTL portfolio loan

Castle Trust Bank has completed a portfolio loan secured on 19 buy-to-let properties in...

LendInvest reveals buy-to-let legal panel

LendInvest has named firms JMW Solicitors LLP and Lightfoots Solicitors on its first official...

Homes England appoints Ashfords for Legal Services Framework

National law firm Ashfords LLP has been appointed by Homes England to its Legal...

InterBay offers title insurance for Developer Exit deal

InterBay Commercial has revealed that title insurance is now available for its Developer Exit product...

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Why predicting 2025 interest rates feels like a fool’s errand

In my first (and for some reason clearly not my last) article last month, I attempted (perhaps foolishly) to discuss where rates might go...

Helping university students onto the property ladder

As we head towards the Easter break, thousands of first-year university students up and down the country will be preparing for exams and making...

Lenders must step up on high LTV products

Things are on the up for borrowers with a smaller deposit. The financial information website Moneyfacts publishes a regular update on mortgage product numbers,...

Why it matters that bridging hit more than £10bn last year

We see many numbers bandied around in the financial industry, which can sometimes have a numbing effect. So why should we all, especially brokers, care...

Top five reasons why renters should consider short-term protection insurance

In an unpredictable world, financial security can often feel like a luxury, especially for renters who may already juggle living expenses, rent payments, and...

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More2life unveils Tailored Interest Reward lifetime mortgage

More2life has launched its latest lifetime mortgage, Tailored Interest Reward, designed to provide later...

Pivot provides complex multi-loan deal for Denby Dale development

Pivot has completed a funding package consisting of three loans for a residential development...

HREF reports record month for lending

Hilco Real Estate Finance (HREF) has recorded its strongest month to date, completing three...

Mortgage advisers failing over-50s on later life lending, Key warns

Mortgage advisers are not doing enough to support over-50s with later life lending options,...