Latest market report shows steep regional variations in housing recovery.
LSL/Academetrics last week published comments on the market. Based on the last three months, all regions in England & Wales are currently experiencing annual house price growth. However, the pattern remains one in which London and the South contrast strongly with other English regions and Wales. Last month, prices in Greater London dropped growth in […]
CML report subdued mortgage market for July.
The CML have reported the July lending figures. Volumes of house purchase loans were up 7% on June at 56,000 with remortgage volumes unchanged at 28,000 transactions. First time buyer loans declined by 2% from June to 19,400 loans in July. Conveyancers generally seem to be reporting that a lot has happened since July and […]
Ntegrity update solicitors on the PII renewal season.
Ntegrity the professional insurance broker firms have issued an update on the solicitors’ professional indemnity market and allowed us to reproduce it. We think you might find it interesting 2010 SOLICITORS’ PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY UPDATE 13 SEPTEMBER 2010 WHAT’S HAPPENING SO FAR? It is still early in the campaign but based on our experience and feedback […]
Working Committee reports on the provision of condition information in the housebuying process
This week a body set up by the previous government delivered its findings on the role of condition information in the home buying and selling process, and offered ideas for the provision of new products onto the housing market, designed to deliver this important information to buyers. Its finding are interesting but it is not […]
What should solicitors do if the SRA has issues with their firm?
Brian Rogers, a non-lawyer partner at Lewis Hymanson Small, who specialises in regulatory and compliance issues, discusses the best course of action for firms contacted by the SRA with Today’s Conveyancer. Over the past few years any contact from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has given firms cause to panic, mainly due to the perception […]