Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London has announced a new housing partnership to bring 5,000 new houses to the district of London. This follows more money given to the city of London to build more affordable housing. Read More
Liverpool housing market sees 124% growth in five years, as annual value of sales grows to £996m in 2017 House prices have increased by over £20,000 (16%) since 2012, with the average house price reaching £148,031 Market activity has also soared Read More
LFS and headline sponsor Groundsure are proud to announce that over 400 tickets have been sold for the LFS Conveyancing Conference and Awards. Do you have your tickets to the must-have event of the conveyancing calendar? Read More
Approved CLC price and service transparency reforms proposal to empower
The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) has had its reform proposal approved by the Legal Services Board (LSB) Similarly, to the reforms made by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA), the CLC aimed to empower consumers Read More
A new report, by retirement developer McCarthy & Stone, commissioned a survey of pensioners and found that over 20% of respondents would be encouraged to move into a smaller property if additional help, like stamp duty Read More
A recent report, by law firm Collyer and Bristow, looking into home ownership attitudes and aspirations, has found that 32% of potential buyers believe that the only realistic way they can envisage finding the necessary money Read More
Redbrick Solutions, the leading conveyancing case management suppliers, have been awarded ‘Most Innovative Legal Case Management Software 2019 (UK)’ in the prestigious Innovation and Excellence Awards, by Corporate Livewire. The highly celebrated Corporate LiveWire Innovation & Read More
Andy Sommerville, Director at Search Acumen, comments: “This month’s data adds to the growing pile of indicators which show that contrary to the weather, the UK housing market is experiencing a clear cooling process Read More
We have recently released our new video: OneDome Conveyancing – A new way of generating conveyancing business. You can view our video in its entirety below. This article was submitted to be published by OneDome as Read More
A team of three from Sheffield-based PM Property Lawyers will tackle the Great North Run in Newcastle in September – with Managing Director Harvey Harding running in a dog suit. Trainee property lawyer Laura Morley and Read More
Risk and compliance advisory business Legal Eye is advising law firms to gear up for the introduction of new transparency requirements around price and quality of service. Legal Eye MD Paul Saunders said: “Now that Read More
Gaining a foot on the property ladder could begin to get a little easier for those that have previously struggled with finances. Moneyfacts data has indicated that mortgage deals on the market aimed at those Read More
The HM Land Registry Price Paid Data that tracks land and property sales for England and Wales has found a clear increase in all property types for the month of July. The data reveals that 95,500 Read More
Clewer v Scammell [2018] UKFTT 209 (PC) A recent case before the First Tier Tribunal, Land Registration Division serves to remind conveyancers of the application of the principles relating to adverse possession in a classic conveyancing context. Read More
In my previous article on this very important topic, I wrote about the major research survey into how firms nationwide deal with their telephone quotes calls. It highlighted a catalogue of missed business opportunities. In Read More
As the use of equity release grew past £3.06 billion in 2017 with a further 25% increase in quarter one data to more than £870 million, many speculate that equity release could replace downsizing in the future. The quarter Read More
With headline cities like Liverpool, Belfast and Aberdeen still lingering below the house prices of 2008, the effects of the economic crash are still clearly being felt a decade later. The recent report, carried out by Read More
The lower half of top 100 conveyancing firms, known as ‘challenger firms’, have seen the biggest increase in transactions rather than the larger established firm brands during the second quarter of 2018, according to Search Acumen report. Read More
In any high value business, fraud (or the potential for fraud) is a constant; the threat never goes away and in the property industry, despite an upping of the ante in terms of the fraud Read More
Company Black Brick has conveyed concern about the adverse effects Stamp Duty is having on the economy, according to their housing transactions this year. Throughout the first half of 2018, Black Brick’s housing transactions were Read More