The luxury new homes market has seen a 21 per cent increase in property searches where the sale price is over £500,000, when compared to the same period last year, reports SmartNewHomes. SmartNewHomes reports that an Read More
Property has long been an attractive target for potential fraudsters. At high risk of being targeted are those that are empty, mortgage-free or tenanted. Wards Solicitors have on their website highlighted a new, Read More
The British Banking Association has released statistics on mortgage transactions for January 2012. The number of mortgage approvals in January 2012 was the highest seen in two years, according to the British Bankers’ Association. The figure Read More
LFS are pleased to announce the launch of this year’s Conveyancing Conference to be followed by the inaugural Conveyancing Awards. The theme of this year’s event is Lenders and Lawyers working together. Clearly Read More
Barratt Homes have reported an increase of almost a fifth in new home reservations in the last 12 months, according to whathouse.co.uk. Barratt’s said that the average sale price on one of their Read More
The Law Society have launched a consultation on the Property Information Form (TA6) (PDF), asking for views on how the form can be improved for conveyancers, buyers, sellers and lenders. The consultation, which does not Read More
Rob Hailstone of The Bold Group is asking law firms to sign his e-petition calling for the Government to put pressure on HSBC to reverse its conveyancing panel decision. Rob comments: “In January 2012, HSBC reduced Read More
Des Hudson, Law Society Chief Executive, has met with senior representatives of HSBC, according to the Law Society Gazette, following the slashing of its conveyancing panel a month ago. Having reduced their conveyancing panel to Read More
Liverpool based Goldsmith Williams are celebrating following recognition as one of the top 100 law firms for technology innovation, advancement and sustainability. The firm registered its commitment to its introducer and client communities by channelling technology Read More
The Law Society and Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) recently announced the new Business and Oversight Board membership. The new board will watch over the delivery of shared services to both organisations and will also advise Read More
As well as helping the team run Today’s Conveyancer I am a consultant advising many different types of legal firms, including conveyancers, on a broad range of matters. Increasingly one of the many Read More
Safe Move, a trading arm of Yorkshire Water, have recently been awarded Gold Investors in People (IIP) status, the highest IIP accreditation. Investors in People look at business improvement, helping organisations to transform their performance Read More
Liverpool City Council’s Cabinet will be asked to approve plans for a new Local Authority Mortgage Scheme today. If it is given the go-ahead, it could help more than 200 people into their first homes. Read More
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is holding firm on arguments against the publication policy, after rejecting the Law Society’s calls to limit the information published about solicitors who are subject to regulatory sanctions, according Read More
I have recently had a twitter conversation with an estate agent who clearly feels that conveyancers are deliberately slow and ineffective in the way that they work. He held the clear belief that conveyancers Read More
“HSBC radical separate representation move splits market”; “Competition and choice under threat”; “Solicitors slam HSBC conveyancer panel”. These are only a few of the headlines that have been written concerning the decision by HSBC to Read More
Peppermint Technology have today announced that the next release of their Legal Service Platform, due in Q2 2012, will support the iPad, iPad2 and a selection of Smartphones, including the Windows phone, iPhone 3GS, Google Android Read More
Check with your insurer before giving undertakings to HSBC lawyers seems to be the message from Prime Professions. Prime Professions the large professional indemnity insurance broker have issued a news item on their website quoting Read More
Last week The Law Society’ Chief Executive Desmond Hudson issued a call to action to solicitors over the HSBC restricted panel arrangements. Law Society statement Dear colleagues, Last week I met with senior representatives of Read More
The CLC have issued a warning in response to the recent decision by HSBC to launch a lenders panel with just 43 members – a move which has raised a number of concerns amongst the profession. Read More