At 6:30am last Monday morning, at the peak of the St Jude Storm, I was strapped into a seat on a plane taxiing into an 80 mph headwind. With no fuss whatsoever it accelerated down Read More
Titlesolv and London & European, two leading names in title insurance and the legal indemnity solutions sector, announced today that they are consolidating under the Titlesolv name. As the trading name of the legal indemnities Read More
Legal Eye is pleased to announce a further addition to its team. Helen Glaze, based in the North West, joins the Legal Eye team today. Helen, who is a qualified solicitor, has worked in Read More
Decision Insight Information Group (Europe) (“DIIG(E)”), the UK and Ireland’s leading property searches group, has announced that its entire share capital has been acquired by Daily Mail Group Information (“dmgi”) from Decision Insight Read More
CLS reported on Friday that Land Registry has made a statement clarifying its position in relation to Chancel Repair Liability both before and after the recent changes made on 13 October 2013. They said that if the Read More
The Law Society is currently developing an online conveyancing portal in order to improve communication between solicitors, conveyancers, clients and stakeholders including the Land Registry and HMRC. The portal is expected to go live in 2014 Read More
The Legal Services Board (LSB) has published its latest report evaluating the impacts of the Legal Services Act 2007 (LSA) on the legal services sector. The focus of the report is on the promoting competition in Read More
Frodsham law firm Rowlinsons Solicitors took home a prestigious award at the Law Society Excellence Awards on Tuesday evening. Rowlinsons Solicitors won the Lexcel Award for Excellence in Practice Management. The judges remarked that the Read More
With purchasing becoming more affordable due to the Help to Buy scheme, rents across the country have started to stabilise. According to the latest Move with Us rental index, average advertised rents even started to Read More
A ground breaking transaction has seen the residents of a retirement village purchase their village from administrators. The property team at Charles Russell LLP has successfully advised the retired residents of Crystal Fountain Village in Read More
TV property expert George Clarke has challenged the government to look at the fact there are 240,000 long term empty homes in the UK. Speaking at the 18th Property Forum Dinner in Central London he spoke Read More
In September remortgaging was up 10.4% from August at £3.9bn, up 20.8% from September 2012. According to the latest figures from LMS, remortgaging now accounts for 24% of the market. Overall gross mortgage lending fell slightly in September Read More
Searches UK, one of the leading providers of searches to UK conveyancing practitioners, is pleased to welcome two new members to its team — Stephanie Prior and Maddie Tullett. Stephanie, who will be assisting Sales & Read More
Tickets are now on sale for the Conveyancer of the Year Awards part of the Estate Agency of the Year Awards. These awards ceremony will take place in the Nine Kings Suite at The Lancaster Read More
London’s average rents have increased 7% annually to £1,456; leaving them considerably higher than the national average of £781. According to the latest figures from Sequence’s London and National Housing index tenant demand in Read More
Building societies fared well in the latest Which? report on the best and worst financial brands. The report looked at customer service with three building societies and two mutual making it into the top ten Read More
Housebuilders Bellway PLC have announced that for the year ended 31 July 2013 they sold 5,652 homes, up 8.2% from 5,226 in 2012. The average selling price for these also increased with a 3.4% increase taking the average price to £193,025. Bellway Read More
London has seen a 50% annual increase in the number of buyer registrations leaving almost 12 buyers for every new instruction. According to Sequences National Housing Index an imbalance of supply and demand continues to play a Read More
The government has revealed a package of proposals designed to target rogue landlords in a new drive to stop people being ripped off when they rent a flat or house. A new code of practice Read More
According to the latest figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders gross mortgage lending held steady in September at £16.2 billion. Whilst this was only a minor change from £16.4 billion in August it was Read More