The Financial Services Authority (FSA) this week released its product services data (PSD) report for regulated mortgage contracts, for the period between April 2009 and March 2010. There was a substantial decline in mortgage sales from 2008/09 when Read More
The Council for Licensed Conveyancers has produced its annual report for 2009. In 2009 there were 195 licensed conveyancing businesses and the need for one intervention. The number of complaints fell in line with market volumes collapsing and Read More
The Bank of England today released their assessment of the latest trends in lending to the UK economy, The data set covers the major UK lenders: Banco Santander, Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide and Read More
Rightmove, the UK’s most popular property website, has posted a 40% rise in first half profits for the six months to June 30, beating market expectations. The company points to its new approach which encourages advertisers Read More
Communities and Local Government has this week released the latest national statistics on fires, casualties, false alarms and non-fire incidents attended by the Fire and Rescue Services in England. These statitics should remind solicitors Read More
Bovis Homes this week released a positive interim report, with statements that profits are up and cash flow performance is strong. Developers were hit hard by the downturn in the economy but despite subdued forecasts Read More
Figures out this week showed that in the second quarter of this year, the number of new homes built in England rose for the first time since 2007. The Communities and Local Government website stated that Read More
Bradford and Bingley is taking legal action against solicitors who, it alleges, encouraged buy to let investors to practice “same day remortgaging” and thereby reap quick profits. Same day remortgaging happens when investors buy property Read More
The regular article here at Today’s Conveyancer that seems to draw some attention is the assessment of how firms have done in comparison to their competitors based on Land Registry data. This month it Read More
TM Search Choice is a search supermarket that has direct links to all the local authorities in England and Wales and provides official local authority searches, personal searches, a range of other services to conveyancers Read More
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The CML released a downbeat market forecast this morning, reflecting buyer concern about a possible future hike in interest rates and weak consumer spending. However it’s not all doom and gloom; the good news Read More
Kirstie Allsopp the well known TV presenter and supporter of Grant Shapps policy to abandon HIPS has vowed to "do something if it kills me " about same day exchange and completions. Whilst there Read More
The CLC has formally confirmed the rule change so that from 6 October 2010 unhappy clients will be able to take a complaint against a licensed conveyancer to the new independent Legal Ombudsman. The Legal Ombudsman will Read More
The housing market and the internet have long had a symbiotic relationship: rightmove.com has cornered the market on house hunting, Google Street View can now give nosey homebuyers a good look around their potential Read More
The E-Home Buying Forum includes members like Salans, Landmark and Oyez. It has recently appointed Sir Bryan Carsberg as its Chairman to help it grow and gain influence over the home moving sector and Read More
Book Title: The Conveyancer’s Guide to Money Laundering and Mortgage Fraud Publisher: ark Author: Matthew Read More
As conveyancers we are all very aware of the threats associated with clients, from money laundering, to husbands ripping off wives through to the issues associated with complaints. You name the external risk and conveyancers Read More
The number of buy to let mortgages taken out in the second quarter of 2010 was a 13% increase on figures for the previous quarter. Despite a still-subdued market, the number of buy to let mortgages agreed Read More
MDA Searchflow holds the licence to run the NLIS hub channel, owns it own channel, operates a personal search business and provides a broad range of services to the UK property sector. Prior to my Read More