What Will Brexit Mean For Data Compliance?
As the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) nears its 18 month anniversary, recent research conducted by software supplier Egress have revealed that only 48% of UK businesses are fully compliant with the rules. Organisations had taken their GDPR compliance seriously in the lead up to the May 2018 deadline, but activity started to drop off […]
Conveyancing Team Grows At Lawrence Stephens Solicitors
Lawrence Stephens Solicitors, based in Farringdon, have welcomed two new Partners to their conveyancing team. David Freedman joins the Commercial Real Estate and Secured Lending Team and Glen Bayliss joins the Residential Conveyancing and Succession Planning Team. David and Glen join the firm’s nine existing Partners with over 50 years combined legal experience. David Freedman […]
New Build Construction Starts Fall For Three Consecutive Quarters
New build starts in England have fallen for the fifth out of six quarters and the third consecutive quarter as the construction sector remains concerned by political uncertainty. The 37,220 building starts in the second quarter of 2019 represented a 2% decrease on the opening quarter’s construction output. Furthermore, new build starts are down 8% […]
The End Of Windows 7 Is Nigh
Windows 7 has only 3 months left of extended support from firm Microsoft, as the January 14th 2020 deadline looms closer. What does this mean? The fact that Microsoft are removing their support for Windows 7, doesn’t mean that on 14th January your computer won’t work. It’ll just mean that your computer will be more […]
Cyber Security Is Not Just A Concern For IT Managers
Regulatory Changes All Legal Partners And Senior Managers Should Be Aware Of 2019 has been an overwhelming area of transition for the United Kingdom (UK). A definitive break from the EU has already been delayed once with a further extension unlikely. Amidst this uncertainty, regulators have considered the future of the legal sector and updated […]
Searches, AML And Legal Tech Discussed at LawBizTech 2019
The LawBizTech Conference and Exhibition took place on 1st October, kicking off it’s tour at the NEC in Birmingham, with the final leg scheduled for 22nd-23rd October in London. SearchFlow took part in the event and focused on the topics of efficiency and risk management relating to the property search process. The LawBizTech event is […]
How To Overcome The Legal Skills Shortage
In the UK, unemployment has fallen to the lowest level since 1975 with employers now facing a skills shortage. Employees are choosing to move to greener pastures and the inability to replace a good employee may now pose an existential threat to businesses. Technology can help law firms do more work with the same number […]
Geodesys Launches Drainage And Water Report For New Build Homes
Geodesys – a leading provider of conveyancing searches for residential and commercial properties throughout England and Wales – has announced the launch of its brand new drainage and water report for newly built homes in the Anglian Water region. The Geodesys NewBuildDW – the first of its kind – provides all the same quality data […]
Mortgage Rates Improve Whilst Affordability Gap Increases
The housing sector has been kind to those lucky enough to gain a foothold on the property ladder over the past decade. Similarly, first-time buyers acquiring property for the first time in 2019 are benefiting from falling mortgage rates. Since 2008, the average UK property price has increased by 43% whilst the average UK income […]
HMLR Migrate Another Local Authority To Digital Register
Lambeth council are the latest local authority to migrate their information to HM Land Registry’s (HMLR) digital local land charges (LLC) register. Over the past 14 months seven local authorities have fully digitised their systems using HMLR. After Warwick District Council migrated in August 2018, Liverpool City Council, the City of London Corporation, Blackpool Council, […]
5 Steps To Winning More Business From Existing Enquiries
Here are our top five steps to winning more business from existing enquiries. Build Rapport First and foremost… pick up the phone! In a digital age the telephone is still the most effective way to win new business. Remember, for most people purchasing a property will be the single largest expense they will ever make. […]
Swinging The Odds In Your Favour
Top tips to stand out against your competition when it comes to quoting. If you could increase the number of case files you open, without increasing the number of enquires you have to generate, what would that mean to your business? Or, to put it another way, what if without increasing spend, you could increase […]
£616m Stolen By Fraudsters In First 6 Months
According to official UK data, the amount of money stolen by criminals through bank transfer scams has risen by 40%. UK Finance say that scammers stole £616m from UK bank customers during the first 6 months of 2019. £208m of this, was stolen by criminals using authorised push payments (APP) fraud. This was a 40% […]
The New Terrafirma Ground Report – Taking Subsidence Risk Assessment To The Next Level
Terrafirma is launching a major update to its standard-setting Ground Report, making it the first domestic search product to provide detailed, property-specific information on the risks from clay-related subsidence and trees – a major cause of building damage in the UK. As part of its research and development programme, Terrafirma has been working with cutting-edge […]
Search Acumen Comments On The Digitisation of the Local Land Charges Register For The London Borough of Lambeth
Since 2015, there have been 19,954 property transactions in the London Borough of Lambeth valuing just over £13.5bn Of those, around 85% (16,872) were residential property transactions, totalling nearly £10bn. Lambeth has experienced 3,082 commercial real estate transactions since 2015, totalling £3.4bn In the first half of 2019, the number of property transactions in Lambeth […]
Conveyancing Sentiment Optimistic Despite Brexit
Sentiment amongst conveyancers remains strong with 45% anticipating an increase in their workload over the next 12 months. 42% of the 212 law firms regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers (CLC), participating in the Annual Regulatory Return (ARR) 2018/19, were confident the work each firm will receive will remain the same whilst 13% are […]
Buyer And Seller Numbers Reach Highest Levels Since Referendum
Buyers are returning to the property market in their droves as the ‘wait and see’ approach to Brexit is dropped by property market stakeholders. Although many buyers remain anxious about Brexit and the impact it will have on the economy and property prices, NAEA Propertymark’s Housing Report for August has found that house hunters registered […]
Grantham Law Firm Enhances Conveyancing Team
Grantham-based JMP Solicitors has strengthened its conveyancing team by employing a new head of their residential conveyancing department. Conveyancing executive, Jacqui Harley is hired to oversee the conveyancing team, providing legal services for new build and second-hand properties as well as leasehold and freehold conveyancing. In her remit, she will also be dealing with issues […]
