More golden eggs
Apologies for returning yet again to my rant about leasehold rip offs, but as a result of my previous thoughts, a friend has told me of yet another way leasehold landlords (and their solicitors) have found to make easy money. And this time the victims are the conveyancers acting on a leasehold purchase, not the […]
House price growth continues post-referendum
Search Acumen comments on ONS/Land Registry UK House Price Index, July 2016
174 Law reveal latest video
174 Law have created an animation video giving a step by step guide to the conveyancing process.
Wales to introduce replacement to SDLT
In the first bill introduced as part of the new legislative programme brought forward by the Welsh government a new tax will be introduced to replace the Stamp Duty Land Tax currently in place to home buyers. The Land Tax and Anti-avoidance of Devolved Taxes (Wales) Bill has been designed to reflect needs and priorities […]
LSB calls for shake-up of legal services in England & Wales
The Legal Services Board (LSB) have called for the abolishment of all regulatory bodies, including themselves, and for a sole independent regulator to oversee the legal profession.
Conveyancing Foundation sets £50k pre-Christmas fundraising target for Children with Cancer UK
The Conveyancing Charity Foundation, which has been established to assist conveyancing lawyers in generating funds for their chosen charities, has today outlined its latest charity target – to raise over £50k for Children with Cancer UK by Christmas. Last year, the conveyancing industry embraced the Conveyancing Foundation’s Matterhorn Challenge and helped to raise over £50k […]
24 hour countdown – have you got your ticket?
Lawyer Checker, market leaders in fraud prevention for law firms, will be hosting the Regulation & Compliance break out session at the Law Firm Services Awards this year. The session aims to give further credence to established risk management procedures and helps to bolster them further. We will look at key industry viewpoints on how […]
National Flood Review: short term solutions that miss wider flood risk
The latest DEFRA review on the UK’s flood defences has underlined that more than a short term fix is required with flood management for people and property – yet this is what it is proposing right now. The review underlines already well understood predictions of greater, more frequent flood events. The review only examined river […]
Pali wins again
The Online Business Awards, in association with Talk Business, focus on enterprising UK companies with a powerful online presence and aim to recognise the best in Britain, drawn from all the countries within the United Kingdom. The winners of the Online Business Awards 2016 have been announced and Pali is delighted to have won the […]
No more errors with Searches UK’s stamp duty land tax online portal
Searches UK are always looking to introduce brand new products to their existing portfolio to help make the conveyancing process as straightforward as possible. They are delighted to announce that they now provide SDLT as an online stamp duty submission form. The new SDLT software duplicates the layout of the paper version and highlights any […]
Average process time for CQS Accreditation falls to just over 70 days
Waiting for your Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) Accreditation? Further to a Today’s Conveyancer Freedom of Information (FOI) Request to the Law Society, we can report that, due to numerous improvements made by the body to the CQS scheme over the last few months, the total average time for processing both new and re-accreditation applications has […]
Assembly bill paves the way for Wales to replace SDLT
Yesterday saw the announcement of the first new Welsh tax for almost 800 years by the Welsh Assembly. The bill for the Land Transaction Tax (LTT) in Wales was introduced into the National Assembly yesterday and it is expected to receive Royal Assent next year before being introduced in April 2018. Should it become law, […]
“Political uncertainty has distracted us from the underlying issue of housing supply”
Search Acumen comments on the latest DCLG Green Belt Statistics, England – 2015/16 “[The] data shows a minimal change in England’s Green Belt area over the past year, no doubt coming as good news to those seeking to protect our countryside and strive for urban regeneration. However the year-on-year drop in the number of local […]
INNSA appoints new independent Chairman
The Invasive Non-Native Specialists Association (INNSA) has announced the appointment of James Sherwood-Rogers as Chairman with effect from September 2016.
LegalinX-7Side report on auction market in post Brexit slow down
It has been reported that the UK’s housing auction market is currently experiencing a decline in sales with fewer buyers frequenting auction rooms than last year. July saw 13.3% less sales than the same month the year before, but this is believed to be partly due to vendors not making their properties available for auction with […]
SearchFlow attracts industry leading business development director
SearchFlow, property intelligence specialists, has attracted a highly renowned Business Development Director, Nick Dyoss to spearhead SearchFlow’s growth, as the company continues to expand and develop into new sectors. Having worked for over 15 years in the conveyancing search industry, Nick Dyoss, who was previously Business Development Director at TM Group, brings with him a […]
Conveyancing Association announce agenda for ‘Modernising Conveyancing’ annual conference
The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today announced the agenda for its ‘Modernising Conveyancing’ Conference, which will take place on Thursday 1st December at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea. The Conference programme has been designed to debate a wide range of issues impacting the conveyancing process, with the intention of […]
Has technology reshaped the UK housing market?
The fundamentals around buying a property and applying for a mortgage have remained more or less the same over the years. Although there have been tweaks to systems here and there, the industry has been quite resistant to change. However, technology has been seen as a game changer for many industries and there is potential […]
Andrew Lloyd, Managing Director of Search Acumen, calls to drop plans for Land Registry sell off
Yesterday’s removal of the proposal for privatisation from the Neighbourhood Planning and Infrastructure Bill has been welcomed by many in the legal industry, clearly demonstrating that further consideration is required on all implications of the potential sell-off. MP for Tottenham David Lammy has previously expressed fears over government plans saying it will have “serious consequences for transparency” with […]
First member firms achieve Conveyancing Association’s Cyber Safe Scheme accreditation
The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today announced that two firms, Blacks Solicitors and Shakespeare Martineau, have become the first CA members to sign-up to its Cyber Safe Scheme and achieve the required accreditation. Both law firms were able to demonstrate they have the necessary processes in place […]
