The SRA have issued the following press release The draft Strategy builds on work conducted by the SRA over the past two years which has focused on the risks posed by a small number of Read More
The Chairman of the Conveyancing Association, Eddie Goldsmith, is asking that firms of Solicitors and Licensed Conveyancers take “a more definitive role” when it comes to tackling mortgage fraud, claiming that “if conveyancers don’t Read More
Anthony Ruane of Optima has said, “Lenders are waking up to the idea that they need to take more control over their own destiny in appointing firms to act in the future” and that “Lenders Read More
Rightmove have released their House Price Index for April 2011 showing that agents are holding unsold stock at around 74 properties per branch, up from 70. It just goes to show that the increased number of sellers Read More
The latest National Mortgage Index released by Mortgage Advice Bureau and Coreco Group has indicated that the bulk of new mortgage applicants are opting for a fixed rate mortgage. Of the total mortgage applications Read More
Last week the SRA announced the outcome of its review into solicitors professional indemnity rules. In summary main changes are in relation to the operation of the Assigned Risks Pool (ARP). They are: – In Read More
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has warned that the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) proposals to reform the Professional Indemnity Insurance market ‘are inadequate and will increase fears for the future of the market. The Read More
The Conveyancing Protocol is a 160 page softback text that sets out the Law Society’s “preferred practice” for conveyancing transactions for freehold and leasehold property. From the 1st April 2011 the new Conveyancing Protocol has taken Read More
Barnetts Solicitors, a leading provider of volume conveyancing to lenders, has become the first volume conveyancer in England & Wales to achieve the Conveyancing Quality Scheme accreditation. Around 800 firms have so far made an application Read More
Mortgages for Business recently launched the MFB Complex Buy to Let Index which tracks buy to let loan size, property value, loan to value and yields with the results being published quarterly. According to Read More
Having been lucky enough to attend the Legal Futures Conference yesterday in London it seems apparent, to me, that the legal market could eventually be turned on its head and that there is more potential Read More
We all know of the horror stories of premium rises for solicitors who conduct conveyancing and that if you can’t buy insurance on the open market the assigned risk pool will at a price Read More
Quality Solicitors (QS) and W H Smith have signed a deal that will see QS members of staff placed in 150 high street stores, eventually rolling out to 500, at what will be known as Legal Access Read More
Monday saw the announcement that Countrywide have acquired Bournemouth based Mortgage Intelligence, one of the largest mortgage distribution networks, for an undisclosed sum. Countrywide owns CPL one of the largest conveyancers in the country Read More
From 7th March this year Homes Solicitors LLP closed their doors, citing the excessive costs of Professional Indemnity Insurance premiums as the reason for closure. Homes Solicitors said that ‘despite not having a claim against Read More
The Law Society have now reported that over 700 firms have now applied to join the Conveyancing Quality Scheme and have said that it is still possible for conveyancing firms to apply. At the end Read More
We’ve probably all done it… sighed at the prospect of dealing with a Leasehold transaction. If you are not keen on Leasehold transactions do you think you have become complacent when you do Read More
The following was originally published in the Law Society Gazette on Thursday 24 March 2011 by Jonathan Smithers and was also online at www.lawgazette.co.uk. The Law Society and Jonathan have kindly allowed us Read More
There are a lot of different opinions regarding the Law Society’s CQS Scheme, some ‘for’ and some ‘against’. Paul Murden a locum from the South East regularly writes a blog about conveyancing and we Read More
Today’s Conveyancer were recently able to ask Lisa Draper, Partner at Attwells Solicitors LLP, a few questions about the challenges currently facing the profession. Attwells, a three Partner practice with offices in Ipswich, Suffolk Read More
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