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Features > Conveyancing, Mortgages & Finance

Some top tips for saving for a deposit

By Mark Wright

Some top tips for saving for a deposit If you’re a...

Opinion - what will 2023 bring for the property market?

By Beth Rudolf

As we move closer to the end of the year,...

Revealed - what you need to know about mortgage rates

By Mark Lawrinson

With UK interest rates on the rise, following the mini-Budget...

Why a zero tolerance policy to abuse is vital in this challenging market

By Beth Rudolf

As the summer draws to a close, and we begin...

Property Natter: a day in the life of a Conveyancer

By Nat Daniels

In a welcome return to a favourite series of mine...

Conveyancing - Time for a Rethink?

By Eddie Goldsmith

Another piece about conveyancing? Seems like it's been a bit...

Opinion - there is hope for a better conveyancer-agent relationship

By Beth Rudolf

The relationship between estate agents and conveyancers is undoubtedly a...

The Conveyancing Crisis - how can we fix it?

By Eddie Goldsmith

There has been so much coverage recently over how painfully...

Tech and innovation can help tackle the challenges conveyancing faces

By EAT & LAT Team

The current challenges facing the conveyancing sector have put the...

Opinion - government mortgage plan could mean more inherited debt

By Colin Shairp

There’s talk of 50-year mortgages being introduced, loans that, along...

Property Natter - why conveyancers should charge more for a better service

By Nat Daniels

The ongoing debate about how to boost agent and conveyancer...

Opinion: Bank of England rate rises are nonsense and will increase inflation

By Lloyd Davies

The Bank of England’s continued rise in interest rates –...

The art of collaboration - why it can help benefit the home buying and selling process

By Beth Rudolf

If there’s not a book called ‘The Art of Collaboration’...

Collaborative Conveyancing - is this the panacea to the home moving process?

By Eddie Goldsmith

I attended a forum in London a couple of weeks...

Upfront Information - Light at the end of the Tunnel? 

By Eddie Goldsmith

They say that in fashion, if you wait for long...

Energy squeeze threatens financial nightmare for tenants and landlords

By Adrian Gill

It’s not an easy time for many renters (and homeowners)....

Client Accounting – Why Outsource?

By Chris Mason

In this guest feature, Chris Mason, Operations Director at The Letting...

Insight - how do you solve a problem like conveyancing?

By Eddie Goldsmith

Those aficionados of the Sound of Music will recognise the...

Q&A with the RLBA - what are property logbooks and why are they important?

By EAT & LAT Team

In the last two years digital Property Logbooks for our...

Leasehold is here to stay - so here's what is being done to help

By Beth Rudolf

Leasehold, quite rightly, remains not just an emotive topic given...

Identity theft and fraud - how it happens and how to prevent it

By John Dobson

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on all...

Improving the home buying and selling process - what's the latest?

By Beth Rudolf

Despite the progress made in so many areas, particularly in...

Budget 2021 aftermath - did the chancellor target property for tax revenue? 

By EAT & LAT Team

In the Autumn Budget on Wednesday 27 October, very few...

Why the UK property market is at the centre of global tax avoidance and financial crime

By EAT & LAT Team

The Pandora Papers - the biggest ever leak of offshore...

Laying out a welcome mat for Airbnb - a breath of fresh air for deals

By Colin Shairp

There are plenty in the estate agency and lettings world...

How estate agents can optimise their workflows with conveyancers 

By Hayley Hellon

The recent stamp duty holiday and the subsequent conveyancing logjam...

Sector reform - stamp out this market malaise

By Colin Shairp

Every so often it comes around – the argument that...

Post stamp-duty - keep the home market’s fires burning

By Colin Shairp

Remember the early days of lockdown when there was a...

Avoiding Future Logjams - How to Remove Roadblocks to E-Conveyancing

By Hayley Hellon

The race to complete home sales before the stamp duty...

Reviving the High Street – why a hybrid conveyancing offering is needed

By Kevin Gilbert

“A hybrid offering, which serves customers of all needs and...

The leaky bucket of estate agency and how to fix it

By Tom Mansbridge

Gathering and analysing feedback at all stages in the customer...

Online KYC checks help estate agents battle rising fraud

By Tony Machin

As an estate agent, you should of course be performing...

Will digital transformation be the glue binding agents and conveyancers?

By Matt Gilpin

We are just over one year on from the day...

Stamp duty holiday: could the market be more vulnerable to fraud?

By John Dobson

The Chancellor’s recent announcement that the stamp duty holiday would...

What leaving the EU means for anti-money laundering legislation

By Jerry Walters

The coronavirus pandemic has somewhat eclipsed Brexit this year –...

Property transaction delays - where ARE the searches?

By Emma Vigus

Delays with the return of property searches is one key...

Is a collaborative conveyancing solution the answer?

By Daniel Hamilton-Charlton

Searches that are bound by the Search Code, protecting the...

Conveyancing: these two things can facilitate superior handovers

By Matt Gilpin

The Stamp Duty Land Tax holiday has been a hot...

Single view of the chain - what does it mean for agents?

By Emma Vigus

In early September, mio achieved an industry first with the...

A guide to commercial mortgages during the Covid-19 pandemic

By Gary Hemming

With access to finance being such a hot topic at...

Sales progression – who should be doing it?

By Emma Vigus

“Many hands make light work” – Does John Heywood’s old...

Fall throughs – the impact and the solutions revealed: Part Two

By Emma Vigus

In the second of a series of articles, Emma Vigus,...

Fall throughs – the impact and the solutions revealed

By Emma Vigus

In the first of a series of articles, Emma Vigus,...

Sales progression – Why? How? Let’s get better

By Emma Vigus

With three months of lockdown behind us, commission income is...

The property industry needs to prioritise mental health more than ever

By Beth Rudolf

Last week was Mental Health Awareness Week, and there is...

Sales progression: We need to talk about speed

By Richard Megson

Buying and selling a house is often referenced as being...

Reducing the time between sale agreed and completion will be key post-lockdown

By Beth Rudolf

At the moment, it somehow seems like tempting fate to...

Agents beware - buyers shoulder Japanese knotweed risk following TA6 changes

By Nic Seal

Based on our historical data over twenty years of nationwide...

Property Natter: let’s talk about conveyancing

By Nat Daniels

It’s one of the most crucial aspects of the homebuying...

Anti-money laundering – acting on your suspicions

By Mark Halstead

The Fifth Money Laundering Directive becomes law in the UK...

How can the government help the millions of 'trapped' movers?

By Beth Rudolf

There’s no doubt that we live in politically charged times...

Boris Johnson’s stamp duty changes – who would be the winners and losers?

By Beth Rudolf

We now have a new Leader of the Conservative Party...

The evolution of conveyancing referrals – how can agents replace lost revenue?

By Oliver Meddick

In recent years, estate and letting agents have been faced...

The problems with incentivising downsizing through stamp duty

By Beth Rudolf

The issue of ‘intergenerational fairness’ has been raised in recent...

DPS adjudication case study: rent arrears vs property condition

By Alexandra Coghlan-Forbes

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe...

How can agents keep property transactions on track?

By Marc Da Silva

More than 800 property transactions fall through daily, which can...

Upfront information will be crucial to the future of buying and selling

By Beth Rudolf

When it comes to major issues confronting housing, and in...

A new approach to data can empower Generation Rent to buy

By Ben Leonard

Purchasing a property. It’s a key life goal that so...

It’s time for conveyancing to up its game

By David Westgate

Conveyancing regularly adds unnecessary and costly delays to the home...

40 years under the floorboards - the life of a Chartered Surveyor

By Eric Curran

It is a sobering thought that 40 years have slipped...

Improving the homebuying process – how can we deliver this ourselves?

By Paul Smee

You will notice that there is a new author for...

Agents should educate first-time buyers now to gain clients for life

By Eddie Goldsmith

Given the level of resource and energy being put behind...

Could embracing Commonhold put an end to leasehold nightmare?

By Eddie Goldsmith

At any given moment it’s difficult to say which issue...

The government must recognise its interference is now affecting the market

By Eddie Goldsmith

In the great swathe of housing market data which is...

Sales progression: Pushing the process through

By Peter Ambrose

“Are we there yet?” In the same way that these words...

Conveyancing: It's not about referral fees

By Peter Ambrose

Whisper it quietly, but there seems to be change in...

Stamp duty tinkering will make the whole process more complicated

By Eddie Goldsmith

With the Budget just over a month away, the steady...

Record staff interviews and avoid unnecessary tribunals

By Maxine Park

Employment tribunal fees could soon become extinct, after the Supreme...

Summer of love? More like summer of leasehold

By Eddie Goldsmith

Even so close to the event, I don’t think anyone...

Three reasons why we need stamp duty reform

By Eddie Goldsmith

Whenever any research is released, part of me can’t help...

Building bridges: Q&A with Daniel Owen-Parr of Together

By Marc Da Silva

As the mainstream mortgage market braces itself for yet another...

The Queen's Speech marks another step forward for leasehold reform

By Eddie Goldsmith

The political ebb and flow continues - seemingly with all...

The good, the bad and the ugly of mortgage brokers

By Darren Pescod

One of the biggest stories post-Brexit is how the housing...

Mortgage market review

By Marc Da Silva

In recent years the mortgage industry has gone through some...

Conveyancing: Market problems relate to flawed system, not staff

By Eddie Goldsmith

The publication of our Strategic Plan, ‘Building the framework for...

How can estate agents plug the gap in sales with financial services?

By Darren Pescod

Recent stats from the Council of Mortgage Lenders show that...

Why up-front ID verification could speed up transactions

By Eddie Goldsmith

The housing market has not been short of a White...

Buy-to-let mortgages: What opportunities and challenges lie ahead?

By Marc Da Silva

The rapid growth in popularity of buy-to-let in recent years,...

This is the year when agents’ conveyancing problems should be addressed

By Eddie Goldsmith

They say you can prove anything with statistics, and 115%...

Could we benefit from a US-style conveyancing system?

By Linda Kirk

I recently came across a consumer comment expressing frustration at...

Agent and conveyancer relationships must go beyond the bottom line

By Linda Kirk

Working relationships between estate agents and conveyancers can be mutually...

Why a mediocre conveyancer could cost you your fee

By Tim Higham

It's sometimes easy to overlook the fact that the majority...

Mortgage market defies Brexit jitters as rates hit record lows

By Marc Da Silva

Fears raised over the UK housing market in the wake...

Turning broken sales and chains into completions

By Jonathan Caplan

As with finance broking, there can be many frustrations that...

Swift change could be the solution for agents and conveyancers

By Eddie Goldsmith

I write this during the week that David Cameron resigned...

Property Natter: Q & A with Peter Brodnicki

By Nat Daniels

As promised, this week’s Natter is dedicated to a question...

Call for evidence: why technology needs to underpin house buying

By Andrew Lloyd

Nearly three quarters of people who have sold or bought...

Property Natter – Big Data and a different kind of mortgage

By Nat Daniels

A few of our Industry Views pieces this week focus...

Bridging the gap

By Marc Da Silva

While buy-to-let lenders brace themselves for further interventions as part...

Conveyancing delays are not the only reason transactions fall through

By Eddie Goldsmith

In this business you get used to dealing with regular...

Barclays no-deposit mortgage: a good idea?

By Robert Nichols

It’s the news that has got everyone talking: Barclays are...

Online, traditional – can we learn anything from the conveyancing industry?

By Carl Brignell

I have spent the last 20 years working within the...

The stamp duty rush should help us to improve on deadlines

By Eddie Goldsmith

It’s almost impossible to write about the conveyancing market and...

Team Selection: Choosing conveyancing and financial services partners

By Carl Brignell

Having urged agents to think about the full marketing mix...

Agent conveyancing course: Why we're not playing the blame game

By Eddie Goldsmith

Last month the news of the Conveyancing Association’s (CA) newly-launched...

Conveyancers and agents: Let's not shy away from complaints

By Eddie Goldsmith

To those working within the conveyancing sector, the recent statistics...

The CHAPS debate: This needs to be discussed in adult fashion

By Matt Faizey

A riposte to Rob Hailstone's article: 'C'mon CHAPS, Don't be...

C'mon CHAPS, don't be Faized!

By Rob Hailstone

Earlier this week removal man Matt Faizey had an article...

Competition among regulators is healthy – or is it?

By Eddie Goldsmith

When it comes to the regulation of the conveyancing industry,...

Referrals: What makes a good conveyancer?

By Rob Hailstone

There was a recent article in Estate Agent Today titled:...

Agents and conveyancers – It’s not rocket science

By Rob Hailstone

Wind back the clock a few years and the working...

A chain view that works, don’t make me laugh!

By Rob Hailstone

The internet has changed the way that most businesses operate....

C’mon, CHAPS, let’s have the truth

By Rob Hailstone

Last month it was announced that the CHAPS payment system...

The interest rate warning bell has been rung

By Michael Robson

When Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, recently...

Delayed Exchanges – Why are they increasing?

By Rob Hailstone

A number of my member firms (Bold Legal Group) have...

Why 2015 is the year of the lender

By Eddie Goldsmith

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has embarked on a mission to...

Veyo: Let’s celebrate this birth

By Rob Hailstone

So spring has sprung and the Hare is on the...

Do estate agents use undue influence?

By Rob Hailstone

The issue of some estate agents insisting that buyers and/or...

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