Council of Mortgage Lenders
The CML is the trade association for mortgage lenders in the UK. Its members undertake around 98% of UK residential mortgage lending. It is the representative voice for the whole residential mortgage lending industry and promotes good lending practices, in particular, by sponsoring the Mortgage Code. It produces a number of publications and has a mortgage calculator on line.
www.cml.org.uk
Homecheck
Service for home buyers which highlights environmental and other property risks for residential properties in England and Wales.
www.homecheck.co.uk
Ihavemoved.com
Ihavemoved.com saves you time by informing your utilities, the government (and nearly everyone else that you need to tell) that you’re moving home – online, by post or over the phone.
www.ihavemoved.com
The Land Registry
guarantees the title to, and records the ownership of, interests in registered land in England and Wales. Their website provides access to forms, guidance notes, and information on the land registration service.
www.landreg.gov.uk
Land Registry’s e-conveyancing website
This site provides details of the Land Registry’s e-conveyancing proposals, as well as news and information on the consultation process.
www.e-conveyancing.gov.uk/default.asp
Mortgage Code Compliance Board
Text of the code plus good-practice notes and regulatory update. The Board’s role is to ensure that consumers are fully informed and adequately protected when taking out a mortgage.
www.mortgagecode.org.uk
The National Land Information Service provides online access to comprehensive information on land and property in the UK.
www.nlis.org.uk
The National House Building Council is the independent regulatory body for the UK house-building industry.
www.nhbc.co.uk
Ordnance Survey
Britain’s national mapping agency providing on-line mapping products, digital map data and services.
www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk
SAFE-MOVE
Provides drainage and water searches to conveyancing professionals.
www.wateranddrainage.co.uk
Streetmap
Address searching and street map facilities for the UK.
www.streetmap.co.uk
Your Mortgage
This website tells you everything you need to know about mortgages in simple, clear English. From the publishers of Your Mortgage magazine, which has been helping UK homebuyers for over 15 years.
www.yourmortgage.co.uk