The number of mortgages taken out by home movers was down 46% month to month, with landlords taking out 64% fewer mortgages in April compared with March. First time buyers also took out fewer mortgages, with 9% fewer Read More
Pali (Property And Land Information) has been providing solicitors and conveyancers with quality conveyancing searches since 1999. As technology has evolved, so has the service Pali provide and today Pali offer clients an online solution for Read More
The Council for Licensed Conveyancers new indemnity insurance plans have been approved by the Legal Services Board. The new open market approach will see cover capped at £2 million in aggregate over six years per firm. Read More
tmgroup’s recently published Home Moving Trends 2015 report reinforced what many commentators have been saying over how consumers find conveyancer, namely price is not the priority that many in the industry think it is. While Read More
Land Registry issues updated guidance on evidence of identity for
The guidance for conveyancers on evidence of identity for change of name applications has been updated by Land Registry. Section 6.3 on Change of name has been amended to clarify that, where evidence of identity is Read More
National Sales Director at Conveyancing Data Services provides a personal overview on June and why he will be voting to remain.Read More
Anderson Rowntree, a leading law firm in West Sussex is using The Conveyancing Map to explore their competitive position in the region and inform their strategic planning. The reports they commissioned provide the elusive empirical Read More
BE Consultancy, owners of the Safemove Scheme have announced two conveyancing fraud prevention summits to take place on 28th and 30th of June in London and Nottingham respectively. Both events are free of charge. Speakers Read More
The revamped House Price Index from Land Registry has put the average price of a UK property up 8.2% year on year to £209,054. The statistics also include data on sales volumes for February which put the Read More
Trust is given readily when you are dealing with a regular contact day in day out, however when it comes to online activities should this still be handed out so willingly? Sophisticated, and indeed not Read More
Socrates Training Limited are seeking damages from the Law Society over claims Chancery Lane abused its position in specifying its own anti-money laundering training for the Conveyancing Quality Scheme must come from the Law Society Read More
Andy Sommerville, Director of Search Acumen, comments on the UK House Price Index (HPI), April 2016: “The 8% leap in UK-wide prices from April 2015 to 2016 is much higher than the 5% year-on-year leap seen in April 2014-2015, which Read More
All conveyancers will be aware that an easement can be acquired by prescription i.e. by simply using the ‘right’ over a long period – basically a minimum of 20 years. But as a recent case reminds Read More
After a tumultuous first quarter of the year, Stephen Sandiford of specialist Buy-to-Let lenders Paragon believes there’s no reason for the number of investments in buy-to-let to decrease in the long term. Speaking at Read More
Here are the latest scam alerts issued by the Solicitors Regulation Authority Documents marked using stamp claiming to be from SJ Solicitors LLP ID in support of the purchase of gold coins has been endorsed Read More
Accounts filed at Companies House for the period ending 31st October have revealed the aborted project lost over £11 million. According to the accounts statement for Legal Practice Technologies, the body owned 60% by the Law Society Read More
It’s been a busy year for conveyancers with calls up by 19%, according to the latest data from Moneypenny. In a like-for-like study of its legal calls, the UK’s leading telephone answering service analysed Read More
The 2016 Technology Innovator Awards only reward the very best from across the industry. Technology has completely revolutionised the corporate landscape, providing businesses with a myriad of unique opportunities. From instant communication through to advances in Read More
Scott Bozinis is CEO of InfoTrack which, ten months ago, entered the UK market with a pedigree as the largest one stop shop for legal services in Australia – and a massive 65% of the market over Read More
The demand from buyers for homes dropped for a second consecutive month, with another 33% of property professionals saying demand is falling compared with last month. According to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, demand is Read More