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 Read More
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, 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 Read More
The law states that you should "regularly" train all employees relating to the law and risks in regards to money laundering and terrorist financing ( Regulation 21 of the Money Laundering Regulations 2007). Compliance with Anti-Money 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 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 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, 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Read More