Plant experts combat knotweed misidentification in bid to save millions in property sales
Invasive plant experts Japanese Knotweed Control are launching a campaign to educate property professionals on how to recognise Japanese knotweed throughout the seasons, in an attempt to combat misidentification and minimise the risk to property transactions.
Future Climate Info Reports Now Available Through Thames Water Property Searches
Future Climate Info (FCI) are delighted to announce a new reseller partnership with Thames Water Property Searches as of today, Monday 11th December 2017.
More than half of UK consumers feel excluded from the home moving process
More than half (55%) of UK home-movers are frustrated by a lack of control during the house-buying process, according to new research from InfoTrack, a conveyancing software company.
SinkholeALERT: Demonstrating Disaster with Data
At Terrafirma, understanding the ground is what we do best: Our CEO Tom Backhouse was recently asked to feature in Channel 5’s documentary Sinkholes to provide an expert insight into the roots behind their cause.
Landmark Information Group embarks on Conveyancing Roadshow roundtable series
Landmark Information Group is delighted to be working in partnership with the team at Modern Law Magazine on a special Conveyancing Roadshow.
Big Property Data granted NLIS channel licence
Big Property Data becomes the fourth live NLIS Channel to provide authoritative, electronic land and property searches to the conveyancing market.
Coastal Landfills
Cristina Ortega and Emma Preston are environmental consultants at Groundsure. In this blog, they take a look at landfill sites that have been located near to the coast. If you have any comments or questions about this blog, please contact cristina.ortega@groundsure.com We already know that landfills are particularly harmful to the environment and, amongst other issues, […]
ChancelCheck® – The Original and Market-leading Chancel Repair Liability Search
ChancelCheck®… With us, you get what you pay for. CLS has been protecting clients from Chancel Repair Liability (CRL) risk for over 12 years and ChancelCheck® remains the only go-to, highly respected product on the market today. As creators of the original CRL search, our expert team are always one step ahead of the competition, […]
Conveyancing Check List: Five ways your residential property clients are affected by the recent changes to sewerage legislation
The law regarding sewerage legislation has changed.
Challenger firms take advantage as conveyancing market bounces back in Q3
Search Acumen Conveyancing Market Tracker – Q3 2017 edition UK conveyancing market recovers from significant drop in activity seen in Q2 2017 as the average firm enjoys highest caseload since Q3 2016 Challenger firms have capitalised on an uptick in activity while the top five firms see sluggish growth in case volumes Conveyancing firms ranked […]
Landmark shortlisted for Modern Law Awards 17/18
Landmark Information has been announced as a finalist in the 2017/2018 Eclipse Proclaim Modern Law Awards.
Celebrating 15 years of the CON29DW: 2002 to 2017 and beyond
The Drainage and Water Searches Network (DWSN) hosted a celebratory lunch for senior industry stakeholders at The Gherkin, London on Thursday, 19 October to mark the 15th Anniversary of the CON29DW. Kate Faulkner, Property Commentator and Director, Designs on Property, provided a lively and insightful opening to the lunch with a Property Market Review. Kate […]
Mining ground risk specialist supports fast growth with new look
Terrafirma, a specialist provider of due diligence solutions for the complex physical, financial and legal risks associated with the UK’s mining legacy and the risks the ground poses, has launched its new brand and identity which includes a new website and supporting strapline, ‘understand the ground’.
‘Understand the ground’ takes centre stage as mortgage refused
Terrafirma, one of tmgroup’s environmental search providers, has today rebranded and launched a new website supported by a new strapline -‘understand the ground’.
The Landmark Academy helps property solicitors prepare for Continuing Competence CPD deadline
With the deadline of 31st October 2017 fast approaching for solicitors to meet their development targets of the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) Continuing Competence CPD requirements, Landmark Information has announced the addition of new webinars and training guidance on its free-to-use Landmark Academy training portal.
Thames Water Property Searches free CPD: Register today to attend
Thames Water Property Searches are hosting a free Residential CPD on Monday 11 December at the Crowne Plaza, Gatwick.
How Conveyancers Can Save A Deal After Environmental Further Actions Come To The Fore
As far as conveyancers are concerned, there is little more damning to a property transaction than receiving a ‘further action’ assessment in an environmental report.
Coal mine makes home impossible to sell
On this week’s Rip of Britain, the show looked at how one family was finding it impossible to sell their home due to a “nightmare neighbour, deep beneath the ground”. The show’s presenters, Gloria Hunniford and Angela Rippon, highlighted the case of a Staffordshire couple looking to downsize, who, three years on, still haven’t been […]
Information is power! Conveyancers at our latest CPD event heard about the best ways to protect clients and make their practices safer
Information is power! That was the message to attendees at the Thames Water Property Searches latest residential conveyancing CPD event, which took place at the Saw Swee Hock Centre, London School of Economics, on 14 September.
£22.8 fund to support neighbourhood planning
A support package worth £22.8 million has been launched by the Government in a bid to help communities have more say over developments in their area.
