… is how one of the speakers at the annual Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crime Conference 2017 last week described the introduction of the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 – Read More
A consumer group is today calling on builders to commit to reforms that will help give buyers peace of mind when buying a newly built home.Read More
Anti-fraud measures have been introduced by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) to help protect consumers from online scams.Read More
Financial Eye attended the 5th Annual COLP/COFA conference in Birmingham last month.Read More
HM Land Registry have today (29/11/17) launched their new five-year Business Strategy.Read More
Recent research has revealed that the number of sales made to first-time buyers during October fell to an eight-month low.Read More
This morning the Supreme Court handed down its much-anticipated judgment in the case of Tiuta International Limited (in Liquidation) v De Villiers Surveyors Ltd [2017] UKSC 2016/0156.Read More
Conveyancing trade body urges professionals to respond to leasehold consultation
The Conveyancing Association is calling for industry professionals to share their views on the leasehold consultation before it closes later today.Read More
Groundsure is delighted to announce that it was the proud runner up of the “Best Product Launch Campaign” award at the prestigious B2B Marketing Awards 2017.Read More
The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today (29th November 2017) announced the first house purchase/sale completion has taken place under the terms outlined in the CA’s own ‘Read More
Price Paid Data from HM Land Registry sets out the details of residential and commercial land and property sales in England and Wales. During October, 101,008 sales were lodged for registration, representing a month on month Read More
Recent data has indicated that remortgaging has reached record levels.Read More
The word sinkhole has become a term broadly used term to describe any hole in the ground created by erosional processes and the drainage of water. Ground hazards in the UK are often synonymous with Read More
Big Property Data becomes the fourth live NLIS Channel to provide authoritative, electronic land and property searches to the conveyancing market.Read More
Mortgage advisers are being called to embrace ‘robo advice’ to help deter possible threats to business and improve client retention.Read More
New research shows that new build homes made up less than 14% of total property sales in England and Wales during 2016.Read More
The Business Secretary has today announced the plan for UK’s Industrial Strategy with a focus on harnessing technological opportunity.Read More
Earlier this month we looked at the case of Watt v Dignan where the possibility of property owners losing their right to use an easement was considered.Read More
New data has indicated that first-time buyers are now making up a bigger portion of housing market activity.Read More
Whilst it’s been a year of ups and downs, one thing seems to be certain for 2017 – risk is not going away.Read More