‘Moving With the Times’ guest speaker judges right time for change
Harry Hill, one of the keynote speakers at this year’s ‘Moving With the Times’ National Conveyancing Conference, has shaken up the conveyancing market with his latest venture. Hill, the founder of Rightmove and former Chief Executive of estate agency giant Countrywide, has himself moved into the rapidly developing sector of online conveyancing. In-deed, the initiative […]
Tightening of lending criteria leads to further struggles for first time buyers
According to e.surv, Chartered Surveyors, first time buyers have been hit by a further tightening in lending criteria, this has left fewer first time buyers achieving that first rung of the property ladder in May. Approvals for homes valued at £125,000 or under only accounted for 23 per cent of all approvals for May, the […]
Eight out of ten regions show a house price decrease
According to the latest LSL House Price Index eight of the ten regions within in England and Wales have falling house prices, based on the average annual change over the last three months. Despite the falling prices average figures are currently above zero, mainly due to the continued price rises in Greater London and the […]