Email4Property, the UK’s largest online network of estate agents, has seen a surge in market activity in the three months to October, with the number of people looking to buy or rent increasing Read More
Land Registry has provided Today’s Conveyancer with a list of the number of applications per firm for transfers of value in September. For a link to the top 25 in the list click here Read More
With a shortgage of mortgage finance and broker activity conveyancers have sought to market themselvesas specialists serving certain specialist markets like sale to rent back or what remains of the broker market. Marsh and Read More
Every day conveyancers act to buy homes for families but rarely think about the consequences when things go wrong. It seems appropriate therefore for Today’s Conveyancer to highlight this campaign and the work Read More
Precise Mortgages, the specialist mortgage lender, has today confirmed that its application to enter into regulated mortgage contracts as lender has been approved. We have previously reported that Precise have a very restricted panel Read More
The PCCB has today welcomed the publication of a revised and strengthened Search Code by the Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO). With the suspension of Home Information Packs (HIPs) in May 2010, and the resultant Read More
The Solicitor’s Regulation Authority (SRA) has published its findings from its consultation with members in May this year. The SRA proposes changes to the new SRA Code of Conduct (the Code) and other sets Read More
Last Wednesday I sat in the ball room of the Waldorf Hotel to listen to the launch of the new Transaction Conveyancing Quality Scheme (TCQS). Take it seriously, it may impact on your Read More
Buy it here Conveyancing Handbook Francis Silveman and her team have once again updated the bible of conveyacing to deal with the ever changing nature of the environment that we work in. Whatever aspect Read More
Alan Riley of Property PSL http://www.propertypsl.co.uk has allowed us to republish his article on the Land Registry Private sector investment for the Land Registry Posted by Alan_Riley on Sun, 17/10/2010 – 12:16 As Read More
Ian Peacock of New Square Chambers has kindly allowed us to republish one of his recent articles. Possession orders: the absent defendant A possession order is made in the absence of the defendant who has Read More
Gross mortgage lending grew to an estimated £32.4 billion in October, rising nearly 6% from £30.6 billion in September and £30.6 billion in October last year, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders. While the increase Read More
The Rightmove House Price Index for October 2010 shows “bullish” pricing in the face of tight mortgage availability and increasing numbers of properties on the market. The average national asking price increased 3.1% to £236,849 although market Read More
Paul Judkin of Judkins Solicitors in Hertfordshire has made conveyancing news by giving Today’s Conveyancer full access to his letter and plea to the Law Society Gazette for help in staying on lender panels Read More
In a recent blog article Breeze and Wyles explain that they have won the Best Single Innovation of the Year award for 2010 from Lawnet for their automated title checking system. With a technical innovation that Read More
In a move that may depress the remortgage market more Barclays is extending its Switch & Fix feature to all existing Woolwich mortgage customers who have taken out tracker deals. Barclays is the first provider Read More
Borrowing from a tweet by Paul Hajek of Clutton Cox we focus on a prestigious award for a conveyancer that was open to the whole legal profession.. The annual 360 legal group awards dinner was Read More
In a claim that is supported by information coming from Land Registry enact have issued a statement claiming 20% market share of the remortgage market (see below) and a doubling of that share during the year. &Read More
CCS insurance have kindly written the following article for us to remind us about the history and case law relating to chancel liability. What did the Tudors do for us? Well, history tells us Read More