Over the past four weeks, the number of searches for purchase mortgages has increased by 109 per cent as the reopening of the property market stimulates buying and selling. According to mortgage data from Twenty7Tec, Read More
Countrywide have announced they are beginning a ‘phased’ approach to re-opening their branches, after the Government gave the green light for the English property market to re-open after weeks of reduced activity in lockdown. The Read More
What a difference a week makes! It has been seven days since the property market was released from the lockdown and early indications suggest that market activity is buoyant and constantly increasing. However, eight days Read More
Recent Rightmove data indicates that the property market needs to prepare for an immediate surge in demand after home-mover visits to the site exceeded 5.2 million on Wednesday 13th May. This figure represented a 4 per cent Read More
Homeowner mortgages in arrears increased slightly between the final quarter of 2019 and the opening quarter of 2020. There were 72,380 homeowner mortgages in arrears of more than 2.5 per cent in the opening quarter of the year according Read More
Today, Monday 18th May marks the beginning of Mental Health Awareness Week 2020, which is themed around acts of kindness. Following a celebrity death earlier in the year, the over arching sentiment in 2020 of ‘Be Kind’, Read More
Friday I had one completion today – the sale of an empty property. All went well so nothing to report there. But there are days when things don’t go as planned and you find yourself Read More
Legal mental health charity LawCare has released data on all COVID-19 related contacts it has received to date for Mental Health Awareness Week (18-24 May). Forty eight legal professionals have contacted the charity with issues Read More
Since lockdown, the property market freeze has created a worrying environment for all stakeholders in the home buying and selling process. The inability for surveyors to complete physical surveys and valuations, in particular at the Read More
The property market freeze has placed an incredible strain on all businesses and stakeholders involved in the home buying and selling process. Law firms have been forced to make difficult decisions in order to save Read More
The announcement by Housing Minister Robert Jenrick that conveyancing transactions in England can resume from 13 May 2020 presents both opportunities and problems for property lawyers. With an estimated 373,000 transactions on hold, conveyancers may soon see renewed Read More
The following article first appeared on Peter Ambrose’s Linked In account and has been kindly shared with Today’s Conveyancer So we learned yesterday that there is such a thing as good news. Read More
Thursday I had expected that chains would start to move and perhaps there would be some renewed optimism but that is not what I am seeing – I appreciate that it is only a few days Read More
by David Jabbari, Solicitor, CEO of Muve Hardly a days goes by without another prediction that we are on the brink of a fully digital conveyancing process. This is usually linked to excitement about a Read More
It’s been a couple of days since the announcement that the property market in England could begin to resume activities since the whole of the UK went into lockdown on 23rd March. However, the Read More
Here at Today’s Conveyancer, we wanted to share with you the good news we’ve had within in the industry of professionals joining firms and those who have moved up the promotional ladder. This Read More
The reopening of the property market has had an immediate positive impact on mortgage activity according to recent data. Whilst Twenty7Tec’s mortgage statistics for the week ending May 13 suggested that both search and Read More
It’s understandable if you, as a conveyancing practitioner, have felt slightly caught on the hop by the announcements and measures announced over the past week or so. To quote Monty Python, “Nobody expects the Read More
With the Government publishing revised laws that permit house moving activities to recommence in England from today, SearchFlow – the UK’s leading provider of conveyancing search solutions – is welcoming the changes that have been introduced. Read More
Wednesday Yesterday evening, I saw that the Housing Secretary was set to re-open the housing market. I was somewhat surprised especially as the indications on Monday had been that agents would not be able to Read More