Following the law firm Shoosmiths recent opening of a new residential development practice in Manchester, the company have further announced that the Manchester branch continues to grow. The Manchester team at Shoosmiths, launched by Lisa Read More
Stewart Title Limited is pleased to announce that its head office has relocated to new premises in London’s Haymarket. “We’ve experienced growth in both policies underwritten and the recruitment of new underwriters, resulting Read More
A rapid increase of ageing homeowners has resulted in an influx of later life lending causing a strain on the current model of financial advice, according to a new report from the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Read More
Telephone Quotes For Residential Conveyancing: Finding The Missing Millions – by Professor Ian Cooper, law firm skills trainer / consultant, Author of the ‘Financial Times Guide To Business Development’ Every single day most firms with a residential Read More
The word ‘transparent’ is quickly becoming common place in the conveyancing sector. Well, it has been used again with the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) and Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO) claims that legal service companies are Read More
In a time when people are finding it increasingly difficult to save for a house deposit, recent Government statistics show that over 420,000 people have successfully bought homes using the various Help to Buy schemes. In Read More
Although UK house prices continue to increase, they are rising at their lowest levels since 2013, according to the most recent HM land registry price index data. House prices increased by 3% in the month of June, Read More
Property Industry share views on One-click Conveyancing – Reality or
As the Government urges the conveyancing industry to reform the homebuying process to modernise an archaic process, what is the likelihood of ‘one-click’ purchase becoming a reality for home buyers? In April this year, the Read More
Today’s property market, much like the stereotypical bouncer of a weekend nightclub, is asking the young for their ID and then preventing them from purchasing property, according to a recent joint report carried out Read More
I was out walking with my son a few weeks ago, along our local high street. We are very fortunate to have endless options of coffee shops, all within a short walk of each other. Read More
You may have seen our recent article about the two new key areas of concern raised by the SRA in their recently published Risk Outlook; Managing claims, and Cyber security. Along with a whole host Read More
Following the news that primary estate agencies in England and Wales had shrunk by 3.09% within a year, doubts have been cast over the fate of the current conveyancing sector. It would seem that the successful Read More
The hornets’ nest, that Boris Johnson kicked up earlier this week, is raging on with many speculating on how to best improve the flow of housemovers. Once again the issue of stamp duty relief was Read More
In recent years, much of content marketing shifted to video streaming. In 2005, as the oldest of millennials entered college, YouTube came onto the online scene and opened video expression to the masses, and as the Read More
In February this year, I wrote about the various protections given to owners of long leasehold houses against their lease being forfeited for breach of the covenants in the lease. But I have been reminded Read More
Recent figures, published by UK finance, have highlighted a clear correlation between the recent interest rate rises and the property market in June. The main headline figures are not fantastic reading for the month of Read More
A press release by The Law Society earlier today has firmly rejected the proposals made by the SRA into transparency reform because they would severely reduce consumer protections, rather than create transparency and increased choice. Read More
Whilst the world has been vilifying former foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, he has been berating current government policy concerning stamp duty. The article warned that young people are feeling Read More
Recent Halifax data has tracked the average national deposit for a first-time buyer at an unassailable £33,127. Staggeringly, this is a colossal increase of 71% when compared with the 2008 deposit figures of £19,364. In part, this is a Read More
Through a new remortgage product, Tesco remortgage customers are being offered a cashback amount ranging from £250-£1000 or they can take advantage of a free conveyancing service. Julian Hartley, director of mortgages, savings and loans, Read More