Land Registry campaign wins Equality and Inclusion award
The Land Registry’s Respect campaign has won the ‘Inclusive Culture’ Award at the 2013 Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion (ENEI) Awards. Respect is the Land Registry’s commitment to provide an inclusive environment in relation to diversity, professional development and work/life balance. Last year the Land Registry won the Large Employer of the Year Award […]
Gross mortgage lending reaches £15 billion
The latest figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders show that gross mortgage lending increased 2% from £14.7 billion in May to £15 billion in June. This was up 26% from £11.9 billion in June 2012 and the highest monthly estimate for gross lending since October 2008. CML chief economist Bob Pannell said: "Improvements in […]
CML releases response on Scotland sep rep
The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has urged Scottish solicitors to reject their proposal to introduce mandatory separate representation. The Law Society of Scotland (LSS) will be voting in September on a potential law change that will make it mandatory for lenders and buyers in the same property transaction to be represented by separate solicitors. […]
Regulated Personal Searches – what’s driving their increased uptake and what does this mean for the industry?
There’s no denying that over recent years we have seen a significant increase in the number of conveyancing firms ordering Regulated Personal Searches opposed to the more traditional, Council searches. This summer we conducted a survey among our many subscribers to explore just how many conveyancing firms were now routinely favouring searches from personal search […]
TM Group Extends Compliance Portfolio with Jet Flight
New product increases efficiency, reduces risk and ensures compliance in residential conveyancing London, 18th July 2013 – TM Group, the largest provider of property searches in conveyancing, has extended its suite of compliance products with the launch of Jet Flight. Jet Flight is a unique product that is the first to come to the market. […]
Don’t Get Trapped by Bogus Lawyers and so much more……………………
Three months ago ETSOS added the Lawyer Checker portfolio to its platform — thereby advocating its use. This enables the conveyancer to make further checks as to the true identity of the other firm’s solicitors to avoid transferring client money to bogus solicitors.This service is already available to ETSOS clients and new clients can get […]