Riliance picks up its 50th client in just four months Riliance, the Chesire based specialist software house has secured its 50th Legal firm in a matter of just four months. Challinors, a national firm with Read More
Negligence based claims, conflict of interest based claims, lender claims, quantification of loss, limitation and litigation issues will all be considered. Barrister Sean Kelly offers his expertise in this area – coming soon to a city Read More
The Government has appointed architect and television presenter George Clarke as an independent advisor to try to bring thousands of empty homes back into use. Despite there being a housing stock shortage, 720,000 homes are left Read More
The Chelsea Building Society has announced that it is enhancing its mortgage range by introducing a range of products with a free valuation and a legal fee incentive. This follows from a similar range Read More
The CML today released the Regulated Mortgage Survey data for February 2012. The figures show a large rise in the number of first-time buyers taking out mortgages. First-time buyers took out a total of 14,100 Read More
The CML has released its Regulated Mortgage Survey for February 2012. During the month 36,600 house purchase loans were taken out, with a value of £5.4 billion. The number of loans taken out rose by 4% Read More
Countrywide has today released the results of its research undertaken with YouGov to highlight the affordability issues that are faced by potential home-movers. The research covered over 6,000 UK adults and included private rental tenants, Read More
The Rightmove House Price Index for April has been released today. It shows that the average property asking price rose 2.9% last month to £243,737. This is a yearly increase of 3.4%. This is Read More
The record numbers of completion associated with Easter and the first time buyer SDLT rush may soon be a thing of the past as new mortgage approvals plummet. Both Connells Survey and Valuation and LSL Read More
Online search provider and conveyancing technology specialist, ETSOS, has announced the latest update to its free-to-use search ordering portal. The portal already offers the widest search choice in the market and ETSOS is now adding Read More
Following our report last week that the CLC have appointed Jane Mulroy as their new interim Chief Executive the Society for Licensed Conveyancer has welcomed the new appointment. A SLC spokesperson said:“The Society of Read More
The Conveyancing Association announced last Friday that it had signed up its 50th member since its re-launch in September 2010. This achievement gives the Conveyancing Association both a critical mass of members but also a Read More
On April 2nd, GroundSure launched a new commercial environmental report for agricultural land and farms.The development of this new product was spurred on by market demand. The primary objective of GroundSure Agricultural is to Read More
With only a few days to go before the first Bold Legal Group conference Rob Hailstone is looking forward to having over 90 people attend to hear their plans.Read More
Richard Mathias of Law Firm Services is as well known in the conveyancing market for holding strong opinions as he is for his annual conveyancing conference. This September, Richard is not only holding Read More
The RICS UK Housing Market Survey for March has been released today. It shows that there is a trend moving towards price stabilisation. The net price balance advanced from -13 to -10 in Read More
The Halifax House Price Index has been released and shows a very slight quarterly change, although prices in March rose by 2.2%. In the first three months of 2012 house prices were 0.1% lower than quarter four Read More
Lenders are annoyed about the way the compensation fund is being managed in light of new figures from the SRA that indicate that mortgage fraud claims against the compensation fund for fraud by solicitors are Read More
The Law Society of Scotland is holding discussions with Nationwide Building Society following the UK-wide review by the building society of its solicitors’ panels which is reported to be reducing the panel from approximately 700 to 500. Read More
Myhomemove have recently been celebrating the appointment of Doug Crawford as their new Chief Executive but also a strong year for growth. Already considered one of the largest independent providers of conveyancing services in Read More