Rental homes’ supply diminishes
The number of available houses to rent falls in August whilst demand rises The number of landlords increasing rents for tenants has decreased from last month Association of Residential Letting Agents launches August Private Rental Sector Report The number of residential properties available to rent has decreased, according to the Association of Residential Letting Agents […]
August 2015 Transaction Data from Land Registry
Land Registry completes 1,382,803 applications South East tops the table of regional applications with 317,872 Birmingham tops the table of local authority applications with 20,837 The Transaction Data shows Land Registry completed over 1,382,800 applications from its customers in August. This includes 1,350,573 applications by account customers, of which: 341,213 were applications in respect of […]
Hat trick of Awards for Howells Solicitors including UK Conveyancing Firm of the Year 2015
Howells Solicitors have achieved a first for a Welsh law firm and won three categories at the conveyancing industries prestigious annual Law Firm Services (LFS) Awards including the premier ‘Overall Conveyancing Firm of the Year’. Attending the ceremony on Thursday evening at the Stadium MK in Milton Keynes, Mark Hobbs, Managing Partner of the law […]
D&O cover for law firms
Neil Pointon, a specialist in Solicitors’ PII from Howden Insurance Brokers explores the situations that could give rise to a claim against a Compliance Officer for Legal Practice (COLP) or for Finance and Administration (COFA) and the cover that could be afforded by a bespoke Directors’ and Officers’ (D&O) insurance policy. When the Solicitors Regulation […]
87% of solicitors & conveyancers recommend Buyer Protect – here’s why!
Buyer Protect is a reimbursement scheme, exclusively from Searches UK, which protects homebuyer’s money up to the value of £2,050 should their property transaction not proceed to completion. A survey, recently conducted by Searches UK, revealed that 87% of solicitors and conveyancers would recommend this invaluable product to their clients. With approximately 25% of property […]