First time buyers dealt a “body blow” by the mortgage drought
The overwhelming majority of UK adults say that the difficulty in getting mortgages is a serious problem, with those hardest hit being first time buyers and those trying to take a first step up the property ladder, according to the 2015 Homeowner Survey by HomeOwners Alliance and myhomemove.* The difficulty of getting a mortgage or remortgaging […]
Conveyancer Slater – Tweet of the Week
Everything that’s wrong with the Scottish conveyancing system in one statement “I know it’s urgent, so I sent them a fax.” A FAX FFS! — Nick Green (@nickragreen) March 18, 2015
February Transaction Data from Land Registry
Land Registry completes 1,318,903 applications South East tops the table of regional applications with 306,172 Birmingham tops the table of local authority applications with 21,396 The Transaction Data shows Land Registry completed over 1,318,900 applications from its customers in February. This includes 1,273,401 applications by account customers, of which 292,796were applications in respect of registered […]
Pricing – Raise our prices? Are you crazy?
Many readers will have seen the recently published research by Morar Consulting for Veyo. To remind you, a few of the headlines were: 42% of consumers were unsure that they would use their conveyancer again; 60% found dealing with their solicitors the most stressful aspect of the process; 27% chose their conveyancer because of the […]
Marlborough Street £180
Great Marlborough Street is the second orange property on the Monopoly board. The road runs west to east in Soho in Westminster. At the western end it joins Regent Street and at the eastern end it becomes Noel Street. Carnaby Street runs off it. Great Marlborough Street’s construction began in the early 18th century. A […]