Month: February 2011

For those people lucky enough to have a village green community spirit is often very important.  People in the local community tend to use village greens for sports or pastimes such as cricket matches, dog walking or even fetes.  These communities are apparently causing a headache for developers because they could apply to register the […]Read More

When purchasing a house you could be forgiven for thinking that you don’t need a survey carried out because “the mortgage lender has carried out a valuation”.  Unfortunately many buyers assume that the mortgage lender wouldn’t lend on a property if, for example, the roof was likely to fall in within 2 years.  What they […]Read More

The Know Your Flood Risk campaign says that more must be done to protect home owners at risk of flood and that: – A number of Britain’s banks are reneging on a Government agreement to provide insurance for homes at risk of flood – Many home owners without flood insurance are having to reduce their […]Read More

Paul Hajek, Principal of Clutton Cox, likens the new conveyancing reforms to ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’ Click here to read Paul’s article regarding reserved activities for conveyancing. Today’s Conveyancer, bringing you the latest conveyancing news and updates.Read More

The Law Society has announced the first legal practices in England & Wales to secure membership to their Conveyancing Quality Scheme practice standard. Martin Elliott & Co Solicitors (Colchester), Boys & Maughan (Kent), Hamers Solicitors LLP (Hull) and PCM Solicitors LLP (London) have become the first four practices to obtain CQS accreditation since the scheme […]Read More

The 2011 Land Data Local Land Charges Awards were held in Bristol’s Grand Hotel last Wednesday and were hosted by journalist and media commentator Eve Pollard.  Amongst the winners were West Devon Borough Council, scooping the award for best customer service with the highest number of votes and positive comments.  One Solicitor commented “the most […]Read More

The CML’s latest report shows gross mortgage lending declined by 13% to an estimated £9.2 billion in January, £10.6 billion in December.  There was, however a 5% rise from £ 8.8 billion in January 2010 giving the first year on year increase since August 2010.  Comparisons with the beginning of last year however are distorted […]Read More

The national conveyancing firm, Goldsmith Williams, will now be providing lender support services to the CHL Mortgages delivering legal assistance in areas such as LPA receiver appointments, LPA receiver assistance, repossessions and repossession sales. Head of Lender Support Services at Goldsmith Williams, Rob Denman, said: “Our lender support division is a product we’ve worked hard […]Read More

The Law Society has recently raised an issue with Lloyds Banking Group regarding their requests for conveyancing panel members to provide client account information.  The Society say that the provision of client account information risks breaching client confidentiality and have advised that any firm being asked to provide a lender with client account information should […]Read More

The Law Society is looking to launch a consumer facing public relations and advertising campaign for the CQS in the spring and Today’s Conveyancer was lucky enough to be able to speak to Jonathan Smithers about it.  Jonathan is the Law Society Council Member for Kent and a past President of Kent Law Society and […]Read More

Mark Jarvis is the General Manager for Severn Trent Retail and Utility Services. Amongst his responsibilities is the delivery of their water and drainage searches (CON29DW) to conveyancers and he is well known and respected throughout the industry.  We have been lucky enough to interview him and learn more about what goes on within Severn […]Read More

Redrow Plc, a new homes developer, are reporting a first half profit after selling more new homes for higher prices. Under the leadership of their Chairman, Steve Morgan, Redrow Homes have changed the type of new homes they build and have launched the New Heritage collection which they say is proving popular with new home […]Read More

Countrywide report that speculation surrounding base rate rises has seen remortgage applications rise.  Remortgages made up 32 per cent of all mortgage applications in January, an increase of 5 per cent on the previous month’s applications.  Three out of the top ten mortgages applied for through Countrywide’s 650 strong network of mortgage consultants were remortgage […]Read More

Barclays recently reported their share gross new mortgage lending for 2010 is 13%, an increase of 3% on figures for 2009. Gross mortgage lending for 2010 was £16.9 billion, up £2.7 billion on their figures for 2009, £14.2 billion while net mortgage lending grew by £0.2 billion. Mortgage balances increased by £13.3 billion, giving a […]Read More

According to two separate Conveyancers 2011 could be the ideal time to purchase your new/first property.  A Residential Forecast by Jones Lang Lasalle has indicated that UK house prices will rise by 4-6 per cent and accelerate to nine per cent in 2012.  This is in complete contrast to many other reports released recently.  We […]Read More

Arc Property Solicitors LLP is a national conveyancing practice which offers nationwide coverage for both online and offline conveyancing covering residential and commercial conveyancing. They have recently announced the launch of Arc Financial Services which offers all of their new conveyancing clients the opportunity to obtain low cost, non-commission life cover for a flat fee, […]Read More

Legal Practice Management Solutions believe that the research carried out by Dickinson Dees hits the right notes — good, hard evidence which makes it easier to prompt discussions between clients and lawyers, in a defined age bracket, regarding their wider legal needs. The research carried out by Dickinson Dees has revealed that nearly two million […]Read More

The Genesis Initiative was established in 1999 and aims to encourage the creation and growth of SMEs, bringing together Entrepreneurs, SME Academics, SME Representative Organisations, and Members of All Party Groups within both Houses of Parliament and the Welsh Assembly. Christian Lister has been appointed UK Affiliate of the International Small Business Congress (ISBC) on […]Read More

Ahead of the Government’s summit into first-time buyer lending on Tuesday, Rightmove’s first 2011 First Time Buyer Report has found that first time buyer levels have now dropped below 1 in 4 of all UK purchasers citing mortgage lending as being too high a hurdle. The proportion of first time buyers set to enter the […]Read More