August sees 30,200 first-time buyer sales – an increase of more than a quarter (27.4%) compared to May Transaction levels hold steady on July at a post-recession record and the highest total since August 2007 New changes make the Read More
UK property figures released for June, July and August show an active market as house prices rise, lending increases and demand stays strong. Seasonal Round-up August house prices increase by 9% year-on-year (Halifax) Average UK property Read More
The HMRC Property Transactions report for August 2015 reveals: The provisional seasonally adjusted UK property transaction count for August 2015 was 106,480 residential and 10,880 non-residential transactions. The seasonally adjusted estimate of the number of residential property transactions increased Read More
Average amount of equity (cash) withdrawn by remortgaging tops £35,500 per customer – a new historic record and almost double the amount seen in January Improving wages means better affordability despite average mortgage interest rates Read More
Over the past few months there have been several claims against law firms resulting from their involvement in property transactions. The last financial crisis, and its effect on property values, meant that many lenders suffered Read More
Here at Landmark, we believe that the topic of Air Quality relating to commercial property transactions (and subsequent planning applications), is something that we are going to be hearing a lot more about over the Read More
The ESTAS, one of the largest award schemes in the UK residential property industry, has launched a new category for conveyancing firms. The ESTAS, sponsored by Zoopla Property Group, recognises firms providing the best customer Read More
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has made it easier and quicker for firms to apply for a change in status by cutting form filling by a third. New slimline application forms have been introduced for Read More
Buyer Protect is a reimbursement scheme, exclusively from Searches UK, which protects homebuyer’s money up to the value of £2,050 should their property transaction not proceed to completion. A survey, recently conducted by Read More
Neil Pointon, a specialist in Solicitors’ PII from Howden Insurance Brokers explores the situations that could give rise to a claim against a Compliance Officer for Legal Practice (COLP) or for Finance and Administration (Read More
Howells Solicitors have achieved a first for a Welsh law firm and won three categories at the conveyancing industries prestigious annual Law Firm Services (LFS) Awards including the premier ‘Overall Conveyancing Firm of the Year’. Read More
Land Registry completes 1,382,803 applications South East tops the table of regional applications with 317,872 Birmingham tops the table of local authority applications with 20,837 The Transaction Data shows Land Registry completed over 1,382,800 applications from its customers in Read More
The number of available houses to rent falls in August whilst demand rises The number of landlords increasing rents for tenants has decreased from last month Association of Residential Letting Agents launches August Private Rental Read More
Kim Fawcett, and her partner John Potts, had a helping hand from QualitySolicitors Talbots recently. Having found her dream home and instructing QualitySolicitors Talbots, Kim was entered into the firm’s April Conveyancing Campaign – the Read More
Following an insightful and informative conference at the MK Dons Football Stadium in Milton Keynes, this year’s Law Firm Services (LFS) Awards ceremony was led by host Michael Day of Integra Property Services, Read More
Due to the consistent rise in cyber-crime, the CLC has released guidance advising how firms should approach potential attacks. The Council for Licenced Conveyancers (CLC) have published an outline of the ways firms can protect Read More
From 1st November 2015, Katrine Sporle CBE will take up the role of Ombudsman at The Property Ombudsman, taking over from her predecessor Christopher Hamer, whose nine year term comes to an end on 30th November. Read More
The Demands and Needs statement is a document that solicitors and conveyancers can use to recommend taking out insurance to overcome title issues within the transaction. Use the Demands and Needs statement when a potential Read More
It seems there is some confusion on alien species and their invasion. Species of either vegetables or animals discovered in a place they do not belong are defined as alien (or exotic) (1). Not all of Read More
Landmark launches SiteSolutions Air Quality Screening Report to provide vital intelligence for commercial planning applications and conveyancing due-diligence First risk screening report to identify non-compliant areas to help commercial developers avoid planning constraints related to Read More