Part exchange rises in popularity
According to research from Move with Us the number of new homes sold using part exchange has increased by 11% over the last year. Move with Us puts the increase down to more second-time home buyers using part exchange to trade up as builders have prioritised more family homes in their build-mix. Part exchange (PX) […]
House prices up 3.8%
The latest figures from the Office of National Statistics show that in the year to August 2013 house prices increased 3.8%, up from a 3.3% increase in the year to July 2013. As usual prices increased faster than average in London; however growth was stable across the whole of the UK. David Brown, commercial director, […]
SRA seeks views on cost-saving idea
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is seeking views on a cost-saving initiative whereby the amount of time documents are kept following an intervention is reduced. Currently the SRA has six million such documents relating to closed matters in storage, the cost of which is borne by the profession.Only 33,000 documents, or 0.55% of them have […]
Search Acumen Goes from Strength to Strength
London, October 16th 2013: Search Acumen – the new business launched by Mark Riddick and Andrew Lloyd – is delighted to announce that Andy Sommerville is joining the business — this brings together three of the main players behind the creation and subsequent market dominance and leadership of SearchFlow. All three sold their stakes […]