legal

e4 Strategic unveils panel management platform for conveyancers and lenders

e4 Strategic has launched a new panel management platform aimed at helping lenders oversee...

Q&A: Harpal Singh, CEO, conveybuddy

Mortgage Soup fires the questions at Harpal Singh, CEO of conveybuddy, the conveyancing distributor...

Move Reports joins Conveyancing Association as affiliate member

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has appointed independent search firm Move Reports as its latest...

Sort Ball returns for 2026

Sort Group has confirmed the return of its industry networking event Sort Ball, with...

AML compliance gaps remain despite supervisory progress, says OPBAS report

Supervision of anti-money laundering standards in the legal and accountancy sectors has improved since...

The UK’s conveyancing conundrum explained

Why is conveyancing so slow in the UK? The average property transaction now takes...

Cardiff property leaders to convene for sector outlook event

Swansea Building Society is to host a senior industry panel in partnership with HCR...

Conveyancing strain grows as volumes rise

Conveyancing volumes rose at the end of 2025 easing fears of another market dip...

CA warns SDLT shake-up risks delays and higher costs

The Conveyancing Association has criticised HMRC’s proposed changes to Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT)...

Terry Blackburn on building a community for mortgage brokers

At 19, Terry Blackburn was knocking on doors trying to sell life insurance to...

MJP Conveyancing completes first live TR1 using qualified electronic signature

MJP Conveyancing has completed its first TR1 transfer deed using Veyco QEST, marking a...

HM Land Registry outlines support after PM Law closure

HM Land Registry has set out the action it is taking to support home...

West One links with shared ownership specialist to tighten legal process

West One has agreed a partnership with Shared Direction Conveyancing as it looks to...

OPDA secures data-sharing agreements with legal software and conveyancing bodies

The Open Property Data Association has signed new agreements with the Legal Software Suppliers...
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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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