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Conveyancing sector moves into gear following PM Law Group collapse

The abrupt closure of PM Law Group has left thousands of property transactions in...

Michael Day on why conditional selling remains an industry flashpoint

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...

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Taking the anxiety out of finance

It’s an anxious time for mortgage borrowers. A recent study by Handelsbanken Wealth found that the proportion of UK adults apprehensive about making mortgage...

Cashback should put conveyancing into the advice conversation

One of the more interesting findings from our latest quarterly statistics was the position of Nationwide Building Society, which accounted for 25% of all...

Why ownership structure matters in buy-to-let

It's a scenario brokers encounter every day. Two landlord clients approach them about the same type of buy-to-let property, with similar levels of equity...

You own the shares, but are you really just the custodian?

I've built three businesses and I've said the same thing most entrepreneurs have probably said to their mates and family at some point: "Give...

The FCA protection market study shouldn’t ignore redundancy

Considering a third of employers are likely to implement staff redundancies by January 2027, according to Acas, redundancy cover shouldn’t be ignored in wider...

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AI could prove critical as later life lending demand grows, Air warns

Later life lending specialists may struggle to capitalise on growing demand for advice unless...

Home improvement finance surges 112% as households invest in existing properties

Finance for home improvements more than doubled in the third quarter of 2026, according...

Younger equity release borrowers more likely to make interest payments

Borrowers under the age of 70 account for nearly two-thirds of more2life's lifetime mortgage...

Chetwood Bank names new board risk committee chair

Chetwood Bank has appointed Melanie Czarra as a non-executive director and chair of its...

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