Green Belts
Green belt “an area of open land around a city, on which building is restricted”1 in the broadest of terms. The concept of Green Belt was initially suggested in the 19th century, with the first Green Belt land being designated in London and Sheffield in the late 1930s. 2014 government statistics combined with GroundSure’s Green […]
Customers withdraw record amount of equity from remortgaging in December to cover Christmas costs
Average equity withdrawal from remortgaging reaches record high of £28,200 per customer, up 6% from previous high and up 41% from five year average Total amount of equity withdrawn hits £703m – the highest amount since Nov 2013 Extra pressure to meet Christmas costs felt the most in the West Midlands – average new on […]
Conveyancing Data Services – Convey Law
Convey Law are specialist Licensed Conveyancers, based in South Wales. As well as celebrating their 10th year anniversary in December 2014, they also won two prestigious awards last year. The Law Firm Services Awards (LFS) held their event at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry in September where Convey Law won Best Direct Conveyancer 2014 as a […]
Conveyancer Slater – Tweet of the Week
There is no darker hell than conveyancing and property law. I will have No Fingers left with which to pack my belongings. — Joanne Leonard (@JoannexLeonard) January 21, 2015
Prime London property supply sees 26% surge
Average London property values rose by £260 a day over last year, and Balham sees biggest leap as prices jump by a fifth (21%) in twelve months Majority of gains made in first half of 2014, and prices dropped 1.6% during Q4 – in the first quarterly fall since Q2 2011 as market corrects from […]
Don’t Let Flooding Dampen Your Transactions
Flooding has always been served to us as a timely reminder of how environmental factors can destabilise property values. With the Environmental Agency previously stating that one in six homes in England are vulnerable to flooding, it is to be expected that the risk of flooding should be a talking point in the transaction process, […]
January Blues
Post-Christmas blues, the cold weather, dark evenings, the arrival of the dreaded credit card bills through the letterbox and failed New Year’s Resolutions are all factors which award the third Monday in January the title of Blue Monday. This year January 19th is the date that researcher’s claim is the most depressing day of the […]
Buy-to-Lets – a Developing Alternative?
Within the residential property market, it is recognised that property prices in London have consistently remained above the national average – a status which places immense financial difficulties on prospective first time buyers within the capital who are looking for a place to call home. Subsequently an established trend is arising for the city’s residents […]
Counting the Cost in 2014
December Transaction Data from Land Registry
Land Registry completes 1,175,230 applications South East tops the table of regional applications with 268,149 Birmingham tops the table of local authority applications with 17,610 The Transaction Data shows Land Registry completed 1,175,230 applications from its customers in December. This includes 1,134,196 applications by account customers, of which 334,755 were applications in respect of registered land […]
OneSearch Direct Celebrates 25 Years in Business
OneSearch Direct, the largest local authority data search company in the UK, is this year celebrating 25 years in business. The company which started life as Environmental Consultancy Stirrat Park Hogg in 1990, began its Scottish property search business in 1992 and launched into England in 2002. “Since then we have grown and now lead […]
Pall Mall Pink £140
Pall Mall is the first of three pink properties on London’s Monopoly board. Pall Mall is situated in the London Borough of Westminster. Pall Mall’s name originated from a 17th century Royal game enjoyed by King Charles II called Paille Maille . It was played in Pall Mall and The Mall in St James’s Park. […]
National Homebuyers Survey reveals consumer frustration and offers market insight into their conveyancing demands
An independent national poll on consumer experience of buying and selling a home sponsored by Veyo, the comprehensive conveyancing portal, reveals that the waiting aspect of buying a home is the most stressful part of the process. And the single most popular change homebuyers would like to see to improve the process is a faster […]
Demand remains sluggish but Surveyors expect boost from Stamp Duty Reform
Buyer enquiries decrease for the sixth consecutive month Supply conditions remain tight as new instructions slip again Yet confidence in the sales outlook improves somewhat The December RICS Residential Market Survey shows that buyer enquiries decreased for the sixth consecutive month with the headline national figure masking a very mixed picture across different parts of […]
VouchedFor.co.uk to name UK’s Top Rated Solicitors, Accountants and Financial Advisers in The Sunday Telegraph
VouchedFor.co.uk, the reviews website for solicitors, will be publishing a guide to the UK’s Top Rated solicitors, accountants and financial advisers in the Sunday Telegraph newspaper on the 29th March 2015. VouchedFor will be listing solicitors who meet its “Top Rated” criteria, with 10 client reviews rated more than four out of five within the […]
Leaseholders struggle to gain power over property management
The Government has announced the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) have released their findings and recommendations surrounding the UK property market, following a recent residential property management services market study. This research gathered input from a range of industry bodies from the sector, which is estimated to bring in between £2.5 and £3.5 billion annually […]
Sink Holes
There is a saying, usually after saying or doing something that you wish you hadn’t, that you “wish the ground would open and swallow you up!” For some people, this has actually happened, and not from wishing, but from a sinkhole that has appeared in the ground, large enough to swallow people, cars and even […]
Veyo appoints Senior Commercial Director
Veyo, the comprehensive home conveyancing portal, has appointed a leading business development director, Stefanie van den Haak as Commercial Director. Stefanie will be heading up the sales and business development team, bringing the conveyancing portal, which is developed by The Law Society and Mastek UK, to market as it launches in spring 2015. An outstanding […]
Property Forum Awards launches to celebrate excellence in conveyancing
January 2015 sees the launch of the Property Forum Awards, an awards scheme specifically for conveyancers and lawyers. The Property Forum Awards, hosted by SearchFlow, are designed to applaud key achievements and talent within the conveyancing industry. Winners will be those law firms that set definitive benchmarks for excellence. The awards, in association with Legal […]
QualitySolicitors Talbots targets property sector growth by keeping it in the family
A leading independent law firm is targeting growth in the residential and commercial property market after appointing two of the sector’s most promising solicitors. QualitySolicitors Talbots, which hit a record £7.5m turnover in 2014, has made it a ‘family affair’ after signing up sister-in-laws Jagdeep Kitaure-Kandola and Lucky Mahal to boost a division of the […]
