With only one day to go, staff from across the PSG network of offices are hard at work breaking in their walking boots, dusting off their fleeces and completing last minute training exercises to take Read More
The number of mortgages approved by building societies and other mutual lenders has increased by 30% this April. This April saw a total of 30,651 approvals, a significant increase compared to the 23,617 approvals in the same month Read More
The new role will bring together Finance, Management Information (MI), Commercial Activity and Compliance. John will develop these key areas of the business, giving myhomemove the momentum to continue with its significant growth Read More
From today, 30 May 2013, Land Registry’s data tables based on over 17 million cash and mortgage sales, are being made available as open data. The aggregated House Price Index (HPI) tables dating back to 1995 can be Read More
Energetic members of the UK’s largest conveyancing company myhomemove, participated in the 10 Peaks Challenge last weekend (18th May 2013) to raise money for their 3 adopted charities. 20 people from the Leicester-based firm took to the mountains Read More
The online conveyancer Indeed Online has announced they will be making significant reductions in the salaries and fees of their Directors. Following disappointing second half results for their conveyancing business, Runnett & Co. the business Read More
New capacity will be added to the Solicitors’ Professional Indemnity Insurance (PII) market as Howden Windsor, the specialist Professional Indemnity division of Lloyd’s broker Howden Insurance Brokers Limited, announces it is to team up Read More
From today Nationwide Building Society will accept applications from borrowers wanting to participate in the Government’s Help to Buy scheme. The decision of the UK’s largest building society to enter the scheme could Read More
STL, the largest independent search company in England & Wales, has re-launched its website as part of its ongoing efforts to enhance the quality and availability of information for property lawyers and other industry professionals Read More
Flooding is a growing risk for property owners and according to the latest information from the Environment Agency, approximately 5.5 million, or 1 in every 6, homes in England is currently deemed to be at risk of flooding. &Read More
The average stamp duty paid on buying a home has increased from £532 in 1995/6 to £5957 in 2011/12. According to the new report by the HomeOwners Alliance “Stamping on Aspiration: the real cost of stamp duty”, Read More
Thursfields Solicitors have appointed a new Conveyancing Executive to help manage growth in its property department. Nicky Curtis had joined the firm from Painters solicitors in Kidderminster. The firm is also recruiting staff for their Read More
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has announced a number of new rights to protect residents from unscrupulous site owners. The Department for Communities and Local Government said that some dishonest park home operators abuse their position, Read More
On 23 May 2013 The Law Society of England and Wales issued its long awaited Practice Note on Flood Risk. For the first time solicitors now have clear guidance on their client obligations with regard to understanding Read More
Reports from CML say that remortgaging is at its lowest level for 15 years, whilst other organisations are interpreting the statistics positively. LMS in particular are reporting that remortgage lending is the highest proportion of total Read More
The typical time for an unsold property to spend on the market has fallen by 80% since May 2009. The typical time for an unsold property to sell in May 2009 was 184 days. That figure has fallen to 102 Read More
Legal Eye, a leading provider of best practice, risk management and customer relationship management services to the legal service market, has today launched a new range of marketing services for law firms. Building on Read More
The new flood risk guidance released by The Law Society of England and Wales is designed to provide solicitors with information that will help clients understand the flood risk that may be associated with owning Read More
Rowlinsons Solicitors were presented with one of the coveted accolades at the Liverpool Law Society Legal Awards on the evening of 18th May 2013 after a successful year for its innovative property team. The practice based Read More
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is the independent charity that saves lives at sea. Always on-call, lifeboat crews launch an average of 24 times every day, rescuing almost 8,000 people last year. In addition, the RNLI’Read More