Conveyancing Market Round-up 2016
We hear from experts and gain their views on the last 12 months and the coming year ahead
We’ve achieved record readership!
Having started in March 2010, Today’s Conveyancer has now reached record figures, receiving over 20,000 views every month.
2016 Round-up from Conveyancing Association Chairman
Eddie Goldsmith, Chairman of the CA shares his thoughts on the last 12 months, and what we are to expect for the year ahead How, when the year has yet to end, do you even begin to sum up 2016? Tumultuous? Topsy-turvy? Uncertain? Unstable? Depressing? Quite simply, it has been the year of the unknowable. […]
Adverse possession of registered land
Described in the Law Commission’s Report 271 (Law Com 271), the “doctrine of adverse possession” allows the acquisition of a title to land that is owned by somebody else. This is subject to certain conditions, which include continual possession of the land or using it for a certain period of time in absence of the owner’s […]
Legal sector work experience beneficial for would-be solicitors
Experience in a range of work-based environments can assist development of important competences for aspiring solicitors, according to research.
Stamp Duty Land Tax: Unintended consequences for leaseholders?
On the wish list of a number of my clients for this year’s Autumn Statement was the reform of Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) rules introduced in April 2016. A broadsheet newspaper’s campaign to scrap the three percent surcharge applicable to anyone buying a second property clearly fell on deaf ears, with the Chancellor remaining […]
£26k in property wealth for over-65s
Retired homeowners have earned an average of £26,000 from their houses this year, according to new research.
Property sales predictions for 2017
The number of people buying homes is expected to fall in 2017, as landlords and owner occupiers are deterred in the wake of the tax changes and economic uncertainty, following the EU referendum result. The number of transactions is predicted to fall to 1.17 million according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), the lowest […]
2016 – Lawyer Checker’s Round-Up
Whilst the rest of the world was in turmoil during 2016; the many celebrity losses and the ‘post-truth’ of Brexit and Trump, Lawyer Checker saw a phenomenal year of growth and development. The company was thrilled to enjoy some significant award wins in 2016. In July, at the Modern Law Conveyancing Awards, the hard work […]
Christmas market homes jingle all the way
Christmas markets boost housing market, according to new research
Help to Buy helps 220,000 purchases
Recent Help to Buy statistics indicate that over 220,000 people have used the Government’s Help to Buy products to assist them in purchasing a home. These include the ISA, Equity Loan, London Help to Buy and Mortgage Guarantee, which is scheduled to close next year. Under the schemes, over 220,000 completions have been made in […]
Conveyancing Chaos for 2017!
Update on Councils charging VAT on the CON29
LEAP announce details of 2017 roadshow
LEAP have revealed they will be running a conveyancing roadshow, starting on 23rd February 2017 in London
HMRC November property transaction data
Presenting the monthly estimated of the figures for both residential and non-residential property transactions, HMRC property figures for November 2016 have recently been released. The publication, showing data for the UK and its constituent countries, is based on statistics from both HMRC’s Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) and the Scottish Administration’s Land and Buildings Transactions […]
Greater Manchester Police respond to recent fraud case
The arresting officer of a recent property fraud case stresses the responsibility of property professionals to perform thorough ID checks.
Most Land Registry complaints caused by delays
Following a Freedom of Information (FOI) request, Today’s Conveyancer can report that 251 complaints were received by Land Registry in October. The period of July to September 2016 saw 657 complaints being recorded by the body. Where there is an “any expression of dissatisfaction where a response or an action is needed to help resolve […]
Digital mortgage service just clicks away
Land Registry have stated that their Digital Mortgage service is nearing completion, as final improvements are made and integrations completed.
How do you solve a problem like…conveyancing?
No doubt that old favourite The Sound of Music will be on our TV screens again over the Christmas period and the nuns will once more try to solve the problem called Maria, but in the real world it seems that once again everyone is returning to that old hobby-horse ‘How can we change/modernise conveyancing?’ […]
Conveyancing Alliance acquired by ULS
In a deal worth up to £12.5million, ULS Technology has acquired 100% of Conveyancing Alliance.
November Land Registry transaction data
The Transaction Data indicates that in November, 1,644,000 customer applications were completed by Land Registry.
