Land Data processes 20 million searches
Following its tenth anniversary earlier this year on Thursday last week, Land Data and NLIS celebrated the processing and delivery of the 20 millionth NLIS electronic search, at a lunch held at Land Data’s offices in London. Whilst there are three channel licences in issue, the SearchFlow channel processed the search request from solicitors Streeter […]
Geoffrey Boycott’s case used to explain the pitfalls of joint ownership
Last week former straight talking England cricketer and well-known Yorkshireman, Geoffrey Boycott, appeared at the High Court in London seeking to sue a solicitor’s practice on the advice they gave him regarding joint ownership of a property. Whilst Boycott lost his case he had expressed his view that the law surrounding joint ownership of property […]
Estate Agent Today reports “outrage” as Rightmove promotes Countrywide Property Lawyers conveyancing
Following Find a Property and other parts of the Daily Mail promoting the services of Harry Hill’s www.indeed.net conveyancing service Rightmove have decided to copy the model and start to sell conveyancing services. Whilst we are only days into alternative business structures it is clear that the ownership of conveyancing firms is not going to […]
16% decline in conveyancing firms in last year
Many people, including myself, have been predicting a substantial decline in the number of conveyancing firms for some time. So it wasn’t a surprise to me when a conveyancer that I know challenged me a couple of weeks ago asking when was this predicted reduction in numbers going to happen because as far as he […]
E-Homebuying Forum dies – Towards Faster Certainty
Last Thursday the remaining members of the E-Homebuying Forum (EHF) decided to close the association. The Forum aimed to put “faster certainty” into one of the most stressful things that you will ever voluntarily put yourself through; the home moving process. A spokesperson for the EHF said: “Since 2008 the EHF has served the interests […]