Villages and towns are facing years of traffic disruption, noise and dust as major planning decisions are being made about the future of multiple sites across the country. Mineral and Waste Plans are an often Read More
Law Firm Services and H.M. Land Registry are pleased to announce a series of Breakfast Briefings that are FREE of charge to all conveyancers. These events will take place in April and May and Read More
Index Property Information is pleased to be attending and exhibiting at the Solicitors Group LAW 2020 event in Leeds. This is the second event in the SOLICITORS group’s LAW2020 roadshow of legal exhibitions and training Read More
Law firms are still struggling to produce compliant, individualised risk assessments to tackle anti-money laundering and firms need to embed a cultural awareness of risk from the top down, according to a panel of legal Read More
A housebuilder in Scotland has embraced technology and is allowing home buyers the opportunity to utilise virtual reality (VR) to scope out the development’s neighbourhood. The neighbourhood is going to be situated in the Read More
Despite the property market bounce back enjoyed by the sector following the general election at the start of December last year, the total number of property sales ended the year 0.91% lower than in 2018. The 1,180,610 sales Read More
Total housing output has experienced strong and sustained growth since 2013. Over the past decade, private investment in new housing has tripled from £1.145 billion in 2010 to £3.025 billion at the end of 2019, according to ONS data. Similarly, Read More
Index is thrilled to be celebrating its 10th Birthday. Since its inception in 2010, Index has gone from strength to strength soon becoming the quickest growing search provider in the UK. We understand what Conveyancing professionals Read More
First-time buyer (FTB) transactions have increased by 84% since 2009. Between 2009 and 2019, FTB transaction volume rose from 193,940 in the doldrums of the financial crisis to 356,767 completed transactions at the end of the last decade, according to data Read More
A lender has changed their instructions for searches in the lenders’ handbook. Fleet Mortgages now recognises the Search Code and Formal Search Code Recognition in its Part 2 of the UK Lenders Handbook. Out of the 124 Read More
The prolonged uncertainty caused by multiple Brexit delays has left the real estate and property sector ending the decade with 13% more businesses in significant financial distress when compared with 2018. According to the fourth quarter data, Read More
Two thirds (64%) of UK adults have faced a legal issues over the past four years with over half (53%) of issues considered contentious. According to a joint report commissioned by The Law Society and The Legal Read More
The mortgage sector ended the decade with strong December activity as mortgage approvals increased by 24% between December 2018 and December 2019. According to UK Finance’s December 2019 Household Update, mortgages approvals increased from 26,145 in December 2018 to 32,451 in Read More
Kieran Egan and Anna Sparrow have joined the specialist conveyancing firm Adkirk Law. The Preston-based law firm specialises in conveyancing, fraud and regulatory law. Anna joins the firm with 13 years experience, having previously worked at Read More
Japanese Knotweed has been hitting the headlines again recently. Due to the problems this invasive plant brings to the conveyancing process, Liverpool-based law firm CEL Solicitors has expanded its core service lines. The firm have Read More
Conveyancers and homeowners are warned that properties are more at risk of infestations of Japanese knotweed after it is revealed that extensive flooding increases the spread of the invasive plant. With England enduring its fifth Read More
Leading outsourced communications provider Moneypenny has become an industry partner to the UK’s foremost professional body for the property industry, Propertymark. Propertymark encompasses ARLA Propertymark, NAEA Propertymark and NAVA Propertymark and comprises more than 18,000 Read More
Search and software provider poweredbypie’s free webinar on AntiMoney Laundering has proved popular following the introduction of The Fifth Money Laundering Directive (5AMLD) which came into force on 10th January 2020. David Payne, Training & Read More
The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) used their annual conference today, January 28th to launch their Customer Charter. The Charter provides the clients and customers of CLC regulated firms with a set of expectations they Read More
Look on any map and the village of Rottingdean should have a charmed position – nestled in a dramatic chalk valley of the South Downs, right on the seaside: long sweeping views of hills and bracing Read More