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  • Dealing with fraud - a changing mortgage market

    The downturn in the mortgage market means less opportunity for new fraudsters, nevertheless evidence of mortgage fraud continues to be unearthed by lenders. Rachel Hutton of Optima Legal looks at what the industry is doing to tackle mortgage fraud

  • Supreme Court shuts Section 18 door

    Paul Heeley of Glenisters Solicitors says Section 18 of the CCA (on multiple agreements) should be repealed following the Court of Appeal’s rejection of the highly significant Heath case

  • The new MPC regime

    Changes to the Mortgagee Protection Clause within shared ownership leases should, hopefully, encourage more lenders to lend on these properties. Harry Peradigou of Matthew Arnold & Baldwin LLP explains

  • Law Society calls on EU to boost protection for bank customers

    Law Society President Robert Heslett has called on EU Commissioner Michel Barnier to improve the legal protection given to customers' money when a bank collapses.

  • Shaping the future of homebuying

    Mark Riddick of the E-Homebuying Forum describes what the organisation is doing to improve the property buying and selling process and invites more industry players to get involved

  • Forthcoming changes to the Civil Procedure Rules

    Lenders are being advised of further changes to the Civil Procedure Rules, which will affect mortgage repossession claims.


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