Fall in mortgage approvals
Mortgage approvals in the UK continued to fall for three months to May, according to new figures. The latest research by the Bank of England (BoE) showed that while mortgage approvals dipped, gross secured lending remained broadly the same in the same period, with an average monthly net lending flow of £1.8billon. SME lending over […]
Family friendly building society opens
The first new building society to enter the market in three decades has dubbed itself ‘The Family Building Society that will help a family across the generations’. The mutual opened its doors on July 14 and its flagship scheme aims to allow parents, grandparents or other relatives to pool their savings or use some of […]
Remortgaging boosts UK housing market
Remortgaging activity is boosting the UK housing market, according to new research. After a sharp correction in March and April that saw May make a slow recovery of three per cent, property valuations in June saw a sharp increase of 30 per cent, with remortgaging forming the backbone of the recovery, picking up by 61 […]
Councils' plan half a million new homes
A plan to provide half a million new and affordable homes for families has been put forward by a group of by over 370 local councils. The Local Government Association is representing the councils in England and Wales and wants to implement a set of new measures to help the large numbers of people unable […]
Searches UK achieve Legal Eye’s Quality Standard third time running!
Searches UK, one of the leading conveyancing search providers in England and Wales, have once again demonstrated the high quality and professional service they provide by attaining the Legal Eye Quality Standard for the third year in succession. To achieve the Legal Eye Quality Standard, Searches UK were rigorously assessed by the Legal Eye […]
Can ETSOS reduce your PII?
With PII renewal season in full swing have you ever considered how your choice of search provider could ultimately affect your premium? ETSOS provides a number of tools to enable conveyancers to actively demonstrate compliance and risk management; all on one easy to use platform. Our system will help you: Identify potential […]
Staff from around the country celebrate STL’s 40th Anniversary
Around 100 members of staff recently enjoyed a magical evening of fairground fun to celebrate STL’s 40th Anniversary. Search clerks from around the country and staff from STL’s Woking HQ and Burton upon Trent office joined the Directors at a daytime conference to review and celebrate an extremely successful year and focus their thoughts on […]
New Environmental Reports Launched by Future Climate Info.
Future Climate Info Ltd launches a brand new and innovative suite of Environmental Reports. These new reports analyse data in the categories of Environmental (including Contaminated Land), Flood, Ground Stability and Energy & Infrastructure and are divided into three products; Essential, Standard and Premium. The products analyse a combination of data categories and includes standardised […]
OneSearch Direct and CompletionMonitor announce free webinar to minimise risk and save on PI Insurance
OneSearch Direct, one of the UK’s leading property search firms, has been selected to participate in a groundbreaking program to reduce conveyance risk. Don Belcher, national manager at OneSearch, said today they would recommend the use of Lexsure Ltd.’s COMPLETIONmonitor software, free of charge, to law firms conducting property searches with OneSearch Direct. What is […]