HSBC goes live with CQS
HSBC’s panel is now including the nearly 1,700 members of the CQS scheme across England and Wales. Law Society chief executive Desmond Hudson said: “That number continues to rise ensuring that HSBC mortgage customers have a wide choice of solicitors who have met CQS’s high standard to choose from when buying a home.” CGS firms […]
Law Society regional meetings on sep rep
The Law Society is hoping to set up regional meetings to seek the views of its members on separate representation. Any members wanting to attend a meeting should email panel.events@lawsociety.org.uk indicating the nearest town or city to participate in a meeting, to help the Society arrange locations and dates for the meetings. The call for […]
Consumers favour building societies
A GfK NOP survey of 2,000 consumers has found that trust in building societies is far higher than banks across a number of categories. The number of people who feel building societies value them as a customer is 22% points higher than feel the same about banks. This is up from a gap of 15% […]
Mortgage approvals rise
Bank of England figures have revealed 47,312 mortgages were approved last month, up from 44,124 in June. Paul Hunt, managing director of Phoebus Software said the signs of recovery in the market were uplifting and said it wasn’t the only sign that the market was picking up. Mr Hunt said: “Increasing competition between lenders is […]