Conveyancing, land and property law
Listed mortgage adviser network the Mortgage Advice Bureau has bought a 23% stake in online conveyancing firm Sort to enhance its distribution channels.
Advisers may have lost out on up to £330m over the past five years by failing to refer conveyancing services when making residential mortgage sales, according to Easier2Move.
There has been much debate in the trade press of late about how IFA's can increase their income streams.
Home Buyer Systems has added new features to its integrated mortgage and general insurance advice and sales system to ensures end-to-end regulatory compliance.
Halifax has announced the launch of a fixed fee conveyancing service as part of the first in a raft of new legal products it says it intends to launch in the near future.
Park Row Financial Advisers has launched a separate Spanish property service to harness the increasing British interest in purchasing property abroad.
Electronic conveyancing services accessible by all parties to property or land transactions will become reality by 2007 the Land Registry (LR) promises today after the government announced its endorsement of the plans.
Aviva has just announced the sale of Your Move estate agency and e.surv conveyancing service to Barclays Private Equity for £42m.