House Lending is Soaring Upwards
"In 2013, there has been a resurgence in the mortgage market with year-on-year growth for all types of borrower. First-time buyers were an especially important factor in driving the market forward in 2013 as improved economic conditions, as well as the introduction of government schemes like Help to Buy, have given the opportunity for them to enter the […]
Today's Conveyancer speaks to myhomemove CEO, Doug Crawford
Doug Crawford, CEO of myhomemove, spoke exclusively to Today’s Conveyancer as the company expands and opens a new Manchester office. You joined myhomemove in April 2012. What makes conveyancing an interesting sector for you? Conveyancing, for me, is at a crossroads. When I joined myhomemove a couple of years ago after 16 years in financial […]
Government move towards privatisation of Land Registry
Since 1862 the Land Registry has recorded the ownership of land and property in England and Wales and produces data on house prices and transactions that are used by the government to make policy decisions. The government is taking the first steps to lead towards a sell off or part privatisation of the Land Registry. […]
Smash the Machine?
Smash the Machine? The whole fracking debate has got me thinking about how we fail to embrace the opportunities that new technologies bring. The fracking protesters seem, to me, to be a combination of modern-day Luddites and NIMBY[1] reactionaries with a blinkered view of the world based on either ignorance or self-interest. Or maybe they are […]