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MPs call for stamp duty reform to help first-time buyers

A cross-party group of MPs has called for a major review of stamp duty...

Legal Services Board joins government AI growth initiative

The Legal Services Board is joining the government’s new AI Growth Lab, a scheme...

MSB solicitor recognised with Future Leader award at British LGBT Awards

MSB Solicitors is marking Pride Month after one of its solicitors was named Future...

Fleet Mortgages joins LMS panel link

Fleet Mortgages has joined LMS Panel Link in a move intended to improve lender-law...

Slow start for Land Registry e-signatures highlights wider digital integration challenge

The number of Qualified Electronic Signatures used at HM Land Registry reached just five...

Fleet joins LMS Panel Link to improve law firm connectivity

Fleet Mortgages has joined LMS Panel Link as the buy-to-let lender looks to improve...

Rightmove digs in for legal battle as £1.5bn case heads to court

Rightmove has vowed to fight a landmark £1.5 billion legal action brought on behalf...

Armalytix launches compliance bundles for property transactions

Armalytix has launched Complete Compliance Bundles, designed to reduce duplication and delays in property...

ASAP launches remortgage conveyancing service for brokers

ASAP has expanded its intermediary proposition with the launch of a new specialist remortgage...

Model Office launches AI-powered client file review system

Compliance technology firm Model Office has launched an AI-powered client file review platform designed...

HSBC UK automates remortgage cases through LMS platform

HSBC UK has become the first lender to automate remortgage cases through LMS’s Decisioning...

Nadine Coyle and AJ Odudu to headline Sort Ball

Sort Group has announced Nadine Coyle and AJ Odudu as the headline acts for...

Incept partners with Fortegra on title insurance launch

Insurtech platform Incept has partnered with global specialty insurer Fortegra to launch a new...

Conveyancing delays push exchange times past 100 days

The average home that exchanged contracts in April had gone under offer 104 days...
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COMMENT

Homebuying

Removing friction from the homebuying journey

One thing I keep hearing from our advisers is how much more work each case now generates, largely because so much of it involves...

Build, baby, build? Well we will need to fund more than the usual suspects

There was a noticeable sense of optimism at UKREiiF this year. That may sound surprising given the economic headwinds of recent years, but the...

Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market riding high

Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market has created real value for customers – there’s no excuse to ignore it. When a UK borrower reaches 55,...

How small and medium-sized lenders can fix the origination headache

We are constantly told that to fix the mortgage journey, we need to rip everything out and start again. That unless a lender replaces its...

A new PM brings a new opportunity to rethink housing policy

Politics, as it seems to do in recent times, has moved at remarkable speed over the last couple of weeks. In what feels like...

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Training

The Right Mortgage appoints new head of academy

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has appointed Rebecca Egerton as head of The...
Homebuying

Stamp Duty could be holding back 300,000 home movers

Stamp Duty costs could be preventing more than 300,000 owner-occupied homes from coming to...
networks

National Friendly joins Primis panel

National Friendly's range of protection products are now available to advisers across the Primis...
Brokers

‘AI challenges intermediation,’ warns FCA

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today released its long-awaited Mills Review, which sets...

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