Spotlight: British Conveyancing Award categories
Entries have now opened for the British Conveyancing Awards, but with the registration deadline set for 19th March 2021, we wanted to share some of the categories with you. Category spotlight This week we’re spotlighting the following categories: Best Young Practitioner of the Year Award This award recognises an exceptional individual who has shown a […]
Over £170bn residential property sold in 2020
2020 may be the year we want to all forget. However, the residential property market in England and Wales rallied together and sold a whopping £171.7bn worth of residential property. Keller Williams UK, analysed all residential property sales to complete via the Land Registry between January and December of last year, to see just what […]
Updated practice guides: Request an Expedite
There has been update published in which you can ask HM Land Registry to process your application urgently (fast track). The update on their website reads The expedite process is available for applications where a delay would: cause problems not related to a land transaction put a property sale at risk, for example, a refinancing […]
SRA close firm over ‘suspected dishonesty’
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) moved to close North Yorkshire Law after ‘suspected dishonesty’ on the part of the managing partner, last week (16th February 2021). The firm specialised in multiple aspects of law, including conveyancing, wills and probate and family law. The SRA closure decision notice revealed the regulator had intervened in the firm […]
Boost your brand exposure by sponsoring our awards!
The inaugural British Conveyancing Awards are hitting the virtual screen on 25th May 2021. We are now excited to announce that we have some sponsorship opportunities available which can help to boost your brand exposure throughout 2021 and into 2022. The broadcast journalist Samira Ahmed will be leading the celebrations as the sector come together […]
ProConveyancing launches technology-focused residential conveyancing service
ProConveyancing, a residential conveyancing firm based in Berkshire with a national footprint, is launching after receiving its license from the Council for Licensed Conveyancers. The Firm is backed by the Past President of NAEA Propertymark, Mark Bentley, joining the Firm as Strategic Development Director and bringing with him 40+ years of experience in the property […]
What do you really know about flood risk?
Written by Catherine Shiers, Technical Communications Manager of Groundsure Weather warnings related to flood risk are constantly hitting the headlines. What was once a phenomenon that occurred occasionally and mainly during winter, is happening more and more often. There are four main types of flooding that are widely reported on; river, coastal, surface water and […]
Launch of “alternative” chamber model to better-serve conveyancers
One of London’s longest-standing tax barristers has launched a “work from anywhere” (WFA) chambers – offering an alternative to the traditional chambers model – which is said to reduce end-client fees and wait times for conveyancers who require specialist advice. Patrick Cannon, who was called to the Bar in 2003 and authors Tolley’s Stamp Taxes […]
Chancellor must avoid using property market to fund coronavirus costs
The Chancellor must avoid using the property market to fund coronavirus costs according to a leading property management firm. Apropos, a UK-wide letting firm, believes that the Chancellor is about to implement widely trailed increases to capital gains tax (CGT) which will have an unprecedented negative impact upon the private rented sector (PRS) and the […]
Professional negligence case results in hefty payout
Christopher Hugh Gosden and Jane Shirley Kaye have successfully won a High Court appeal against former Manchester law firm Halliwell Landau being awarded £985,300 in damages. The firm failed to register a restriction against a house at the Land Registry, and His Honour Judge Pelling QC granted the appeal due to professional negligence. HHJ Pelling […]
Vendor-driven due diligence reports
The Conveyancing Information Executive have shared their views on vendor-driven due diligence reports. As leading suppliers of property due-diligence searches to the UK conveyancing market, Conveyancing Information Executive (CIE) members shared their unique insight with market stakeholders throughout 2020. One of the most discussed areas focused on the mutual goal of speeding up housing transactions. […]
Consumers face high price premium when purchasing new builds
Price gap between new builds and existing properties in the UK reaches £64,6241 Andy Sommerville, Director at Search Acumen, says: “This latest data illustrates the level of the price premium consumers often have to swallow when purchasing a new build. “The wide gap between new build and existing property prices can be partly attributed to […]
Landlords surge in UK property market
Landlords stormed back into the UK residential property market in the past week to reach their highest level since last September, while vendors and buyers recorded their first drops of 2021 as uncertainty over whether the stamp duty holiday would be extended together with a gloomy economic outlook further dented confidence in the lockdown-weary country, […]
Property professionals struggling behind the scenes of a buoyant market
The findings of the new ‘Thriving in a Pandemic’ report, recently published by tmgroup and mio, have highlighted that the market has not been able to cope with the sheer volume of transactions brought on by the post-lockdown and Stamp Duty holiday surge. Despite creating unprecedented demand for property services, and helping the industry to […]
Entries are now open for the British Conveyancing Awards
We are excited to announce that the entries for the British Conveyancing Awards are now open! The exclusive awards seek to discover and recognise outstanding achievements, highlights progressions and champions innovations amongst firms and individual private professionals across the Conveyancing sector. As a way to celebrate the opening of the entries, Today’s Conveyacer are pleased […]
Updated practice guides
HMLR have updated their Execution of deeds (PG8), practice guide. Page summary: Advice on the execution of deeds that are to be submitted to HM Land Registry (practice guide 8). Change made: Section 10 has been expanded slightly to clarify the position in respect of counterparts. Section 12 has been amended to confirm that a deed […]
CLC’s first Compliance Risk Agenda highlights compliance priorities
The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) has published its first Compliance Risk Agenda to highlight issues that the firms and individuals it regulates need to be mindful of to ensure that they do not find themselves out of compliance. It details issues that CLC staff have encountered during their monitoring and inspection work, from those […]
Extension to SDLT….really?
Following on from the news reported in the Daily Telegraph over the weekend regarding a potential short-term extension to the stamp duty land tax holiday (SDLT), has sent ripples through the industry. We took to Twitter to see whether our followers thought the extension was a good or bad idea, and truth be told we couldn’t […]
Help to Buy deadline date has been extended
The Help to Buy equity loan scheme has been extended to 31 May. The deadline was changed due to the impact of the pandemic on the housebuilding industry. Covid-19 has disrupted the time it takes developers to build houses, coupled with conveyancing transactions being slow over the past few months. The two months’ extension will […]
Are you old school or new school?
Over the last 4 years or so I’ve spoken to lots of conveyancing firms and one theme that comes up on a regular basis when I start to ask firms about where or how they collect customer reviews is – “We don’t, we’re old school, all our business is through word of mouth or walks […]
