InfoTrack announces new brand advertising campaign empathising with conveyancing challenges
InfoTrack today announced a major brand advertising campaign to showcase its forward-thinking platform to conveyancers who, InfoTrack say, are often under unfair and needless pressures created by the arduous, often unnecessary processes within conveyancing transactions. The new campaign, beginning on the 1st February, encourages firms to use the service provider, whose aim is to challenge […]
House prices set to rise in 2016
Since December 2015 house prices have already risen by 0.5% and are set to continue rising throughout the year, experts predict. How high the rise will go is yet to be determined as factors such as interest rates and sliding stock markets should be taken into account, but most have predicted a rise of between […]
Supply issues persist in UK Housing Market
December sees 68,218 house purchase approvals, down 3.1% from 70,410 house purchase approvals in November Average monthly approvals across H2 2015 stand at 69,572, higher than H1 average of 64,047 On an annual basis, house purchase approvals climb 12.5% – from 60,650 in December 2014 Small-deposit lending stagnates towards the end of the year, remaining […]
2015 saw slight rise in transactions according to HMRC
2015 saw just over 12,500 more residential property transactions compared with 2014, which represents growth of just over 1%. In total, the number of non-residential transactions over £40,000 was 1,231,260 according to HMRC’s latest statistics. In 2014, the total number of transactions was 1,218,750. December 2015 saw 11.6% more transactions than December 2014. However some […]
Gross mortgage lending up 8% for 2015 say CML
Gross mortgage lending increased by 8% in 2015, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), bringing the total for the year up to £220.3 billion. 2015 was the fifth consecutive year for gross lending growth with 2014’s gross lending total coming to £203.3 billion. For December, gross lending dipped from £20.5 million in November […]
Interview with Andrew Sommerville, Director of Search Acumen
Today – 21st January 2016 – marks Andy Sommerville’s 30 years in the search industry. The co-owner and director of Search Acumen shared the secrets of his longevity in the business – and his success – with Today’s Conveyancer’s Jane Common… On January 21st every year do you think ‘that’s another 12 months in the […]
Lender selects the Safe Move Scheme to protect their clients from fraud
Paragon Mortgages (also referred to as Mortgage Trust) has become the first lender to protect their customers from fraud using the Safe Move Scheme. In an official statement to their conveyancing panel, Paragon announced: “Paragon has assessed available tools that help reduce the risk to our customers and we now require all our panel conveyancing firms […]
Housing stock in jeopardy, as unimplemented planning permission increases year-on-year
Results from a study published this month, commissioned by the Local Government Association (LGA), have revealed the level of unimplemented planning permission for new build homes has been increasing year-on-year. The LGA represents more than 370 councils across England and Wales and their latest research shows in 2012/13, planning permission had been granted on 381,390 […]
After 6 years, it just got Personal…
For 6 years we’ve been sitting on the fence, advocating neither Official (Council) nor Personal (Regulated) local authority searches. However, with the introduction of VAT on council produced CON29s we’re changing our position. While we continue to provide our trademark choice of local authority searches (we offer Officials as well as 5 Personal search providers), […]
SearchFlow launches its new brand identity and website
SearchFlow unveils its new brand identity and website as it brings further innovative conveyancing search solutions to the market. SearchFlow’s rebrand and positioning as the specialist in ‘property intelligence’ is a response to new technological advancements and the changing market needs within the conveyancing and wider property sector. The rebranded website includes a new search […]
SRA welcomes Insurance Task Force report
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has welcomed the Ministry of Justice’s report on insurance fraud and will be working even more closely with other agencies in a bid to crack down further on fraudulent claims. The Insurance Task Force published its report yesterday (Monday 18th January). It claimed that more could be done to tackle […]
Interview with Maud Rousseau, Group Marketing & Communications Director at SearchFlow
Today (19th January 2016), SearchFlow launches its new brand. Group Marketing & Communications Director, Maud Rousseau discusses the ethos behind the new brand. Why is SearchFlow rebranding? To accurately reflect our position in the market we are delighted to be unveiling our new brand identity. SearchFlow’s rebrand and positioning as the specialist in ‘property intelligence’ […]
Hundreds celebrate life of popular Black Country lawyer
Nearly 800 people turned out at Worcester Cathedral to say farewell to one of the West Midlands’ favourite lawyers. Family, friends, colleagues and a host of personalities from the business community came together to celebrate the life of Martyn Morgan, Head of QualitySolicitors Talbots, who passed away suddenly before Christmas. His five children – Abby, […]
Pali supports local charity to raise money for Motor Neurone Disease
Steph Lyke of BBH Solicitors and her two sisters have organised a Charity Party every year for the past fifteen years, focusing on a different charity each time. They often choose a charity that has affected someone close to them. In previous years they have chosen to support charities such as Hope House Hospice, Clatterbridge […]
My Home Move becomes Associate Member of IMLA
My Home Move, the UK’s leading provider of mover conveyancing services, will become the current law firm member of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), as it joins the organisation as an Associate Member. IMLA is the trade association that represents the views and interests of UK mortgage lenders involved in the generation of mortgage […]
Conveyancing Association launch Second Edition of Conveyancing Protocol
The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today (18th January 2016) launched the second edition of its Conveyancing Protocol. The Protocol was initially launched in 2013 and is the result of Association members, and a number of panel management companies, working together to produce a document that outlines best […]
Who shall take the reins at Countrywide?
Following the departure of Grenville Turner earlier this month, Countrywide’s Chief Information Officer, Oliver Skagerlind, is now yet another senior employee to announce his impending departure from the business. Having come from a financial background, Skagerlind began working at the property giant in February 2011 and since managed the information technology within the company. His […]
Searches UK, along with their clients, donated hundreds of chickens to help families in need
Together with the help of their clients, Searches UK have raised almost £2,000 which has enabled them to donate hundreds of chickens to help improve the lives of numerous families in Africa. Their chicken initiative began in October with Searches UK pledging to donate chickens to families in Africa who were in desperate need of […]
Planning pushes London further behind new homes aims
London approves just 5,740 new homes across Q3 in 2015 – down almost a third (29%) from Q2 levels Poor planning processes deny London nearly a third (31%) of potential much-needed new homes Starts and completions also fall short – failing to make significant progress throughout Q3 Southern resurgence in planning approvals as Southwark, Croydon […]
SearchFlow is set to launch its new brand identity and website
SearchFlow will be unveiling its new brand identity and website on Tuesday the 19th January. SearchFlow’s rebrand is a response to new technological advancements and the changing market needs within the conveyancing and wider property sector. Reflecting SearchFlow’s commitment to bring innovative conveyancing search solutions to the market, the rebranded website includes new features in its […]
