Calls to the family law sector rose by 69% in the first three months of 2017, according to a new report by Moneypenny.Read More
The Society of Licensed Conveyancers (SLC) and the Bold Legal Group (BLG) have decided to make an important adjustment to the programme for their 2017 Spring Roadshows to include an item on the CMA Legal services Read More
Search Acumen comments on today’s (28/04/17) HMRC Quarterly Stamp Duty Statistics: “The squeeze on affordability appears to be continuing as today’s statistics from HMRC reveal that Q1 2017 saw a 39% drop in transactions that were Read More
A Housing Report for March has recently been issued by the NAEA Propertymark (National Association of Estate Agents).Read More
Legal Eye, a subsidiary of the ULS Group is delighted to announce that Right Choice Conveyancing has achieved the Legal Eye Quality Standard (LEQS).Read More
Recent data from HM Land Registry suggests that human error is responsible for the majority of applications being rejected.Read More
Chris Harris, MD of Lawyer Checker, will be co-chairing the event taking place on 23rd May 2017 along with Tony Piccirillo, a partner at AVRillo. The Modern Law Conveyancing Conference is an excellent opportunity for conveyancers Read More
A third of first-time buyers have missed out on purchasing a property due to their deposit being too small to secure a mortgage.Read More
INTRODUCTION I am sure that conveyancers do not need reminding that most modern flat leases will contain an obligation for a tenant to require any successor to enter into a deed of covenant with the Read More
£130 million has been set aside by Taylor Wimpey to settle the ground rent disputes on leasehold properties.Read More
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) will be introducing an independent assessment, the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE), to make sure all solicitors meet consistent, high standards at the point of entry to the profession.Read More
A law firm has just launched a new conveyancing team in Manchester.Read More
Proposals for a downsizing initiative to free up space for younger buyers has been met with significant support.Read More
With cybercrime on the rise, it is more important than ever that conveyancing solicitors have the correct protection in place to prevent loss of client money.Read More
A court order calling for a woman to repaint her home has been quashed.Read More
Award-winning technology provider, InfoTrack, has launched their new electronic document signing tool, SignIT, which enables legal professionals from all sectors to upload and sign any document online.Read More
Search Acumen, the property search provider, has announced it is the first in the industry to offer Land Registry’s Commercial Title Ownership data to its customers free of charge as the next step in Read More
Stamp duty or mortgage related issues have meant one in ten homeowners have given up on plans to move home.Read More
As well as being the preferred supplier of legal indemnities to the Society of Licensed Conveyancers (SLC), Stewart Title is supporting the series of Spring Road Shows being run by the SLC and Bold Legal Read More
LEAP Legal Software has doubled its UK customer base in the last twelve months and has now passed the 1,000 firm mark with over 6,000 end users of its integrated case management platform.Read More