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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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Buy-to-let

First-time, accidental or professional? How the landlord profile is shifting in 2026

One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is...

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Searching for sunny uplands

There is a growing sense, shared quietly in boardrooms and rather less quietly over kitchen tables, that the UK has lost a degree of...

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Mortgage borrowing rises as approvals edge higher in February

Mortgage borrowing and approvals both increased in February, although activity remains close to recent...
General Insurance

Previously flooded homes face insurance premiums more than double UK average

Homeowners in properties that have previously flooded are paying 121% more for home insurance...
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FCA and ICO tell firms GDPR is no excuse for failing vulnerable customers

A joint statement from the Financial Conduct Authority and the Information Commissioner’s Office has...
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Together adds nCino Banking Advisor to lending operations

Together has adopted nCino Banking Advisor as it looks to improve efficiency in processing...

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