Easier2Move unveils ‘best buy’ remortgage offer

Easier2Move is offering a ‘best buy’ remortgage conveyancing offer to any mortgage advisers introducing remortgages between 8 September and 26 September.
This best-buy offer gives introducers a remortgage conveyancing price of £290, which is fully inclusive of solicitor costs, VAT and disbursements on a standard remortgage. Included within this price is a referral fee of £100 [...]

eConveyancer gets exclusive supply deal with Virtual Net

eConveyancer has been appointed by Virtual Net to supply Conveyancing services to its 100 members on an exclusive basis.
Virtual Net is an online network established in 2003 which has nearly 100 members.
Vanessa Blount, sales and marketing director at eConveyancer, said: “We’re delighted to be making eConveyancer available to Virtual Net members, our on-line proposition closely [...]

CAL sees increase in submissions and users

Conveyancing Alliance Ltd (CAL), the online conveyancing distributor, has seen a 26% increase in instructions from intermediaries coupled with a widening of its overall distribution through a 36% increase in users of its system.
Following a management buy-out in January 2008, the new management team at CAL has undertaken a number of improvements and service upgrades.
Harpal [...]

Mortgage Intelligence launches in-house legal service

Mortgage Intelligence has unveiled a new in-house legal service with Goldsmith Williams.
Mortgage Intelligence members will now have exclusive access to conveyancing support via Goldsmith Williams adviser, Jane Hodges who will be based at Mortgage Intelligence Head Office.
Acting specifically on behalf of the client, Hodges will track brokers’ cases from offer through to completion, which should [...]

LMS unveils remortgaging deal

LMS is offering a low cost remortgage package to introducers, including a £100 referral fee in the price.
If a broker’s client is looking to remortgage their property, the broker needs simply to pass the contact details on to LMS, who will contact the client to talk through its “low cost” conveyancing offering.
For every client that [...]

eConveyancer adds cashback offer

Online conveyancing service eConveyancer has added an additional service.
From 14 July introducers will be able to use eConveyancer when they have recommend a remortgage cashback product to their clients knowing that the cashback provided by the lender will not only cover the legal fees but will allow them also to earn a referral fee.
For example [...]

CAL moves to weekly commission payment

Conveyancing Alliance Ltd (CAL), the online conveyancing distributor, has today (8th July 2008) announced its move to a system where brokers are paid their commission the week after completion.
The CAL system is now structured to deliver a weekly payment run which means that for cases which complete in any one week, the broker will receive [...]

CAL unveils broker fee guarantee

Conveyancing Alliance Ltd (CAL), the online conveyancing distributor, has today (1st July 2008) revealed details of its new broker fee guarantee for all advisers using its portal.
All 15 solicitor firms that are currently on panel with CAL have agreed to honour the broker’s arrangement fee up to a maximum of £2,500.
Many brokers charge their clients [...]

Brokers face VAT bombshell

Brokers could face losing thousands of pounds in tax payments because of their assumptions about VAT, industry sources claim.
The problem stems from the way conveyancing referral fees are paid to brokers.
Sources allege that some conveyancers are paying brokers referral fees including VAT under the assumption that brokers will forward tax payments to Revenue & Customs.
But [...]

Your Conveyancer reports significant rise in business

Scotland’s largest firm of conveyancers has reported a 24% increase in new instructions for residential sales, purchases and remortgages for the first quarter of 2008 compared to the same period last year.
The figures have been released by Your Conveyancer, formerly known as PSM Direct, to coincide with the announcement of its new name and following [...]