The first legal brand floats on the London stock market
In-Deed, an online residential conveyancing service launched by Harry Hill and Peter Gordon last month, was launched on the stock market yesterday with a market capitalisation of over £8 million. In-Deed, floating as In-Deed Online on AIM, have become the first property linked legal company to list on AIM and say that they are looking […]
£20 million compensation offer to home owners on HS2 route
Transport Secretary, Philip Hammond has recently revealed that 34 applicants with property along the proposed HS2 route from London to Birmingham have received a formal offer of compensation. The announcement comes before a final decision has even been made as to whether the government will proceed with the construction of the high speed rail route. […]
Mortgage industry boosted by clarification on referral fees
With the Legal Services Board (LSB) recently announcing that referral fees are being retained the move has been welcomed by Eddie Goldsmith, Senior Partner at Goldsmith Williams. Referral fees provide a considerable revenue stream to those in the mortgage industry and any restriction of those fees would have been a substantial blow to an already […]
Fall in remortgage approvals for April
According to figures released by the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), remortgage lending for April dropped 28 per cent when compared to the figures for March 2011, with around 24,000 remortgage loans being advanced. Despite this substantial drop remortgage lending is up 1 per cent on the same period last year. Remortgage lending has seen […]