The price of plastic bags
Single-use plastic bags are a world-wide waste issue, as a single bag can take up to 500 years or more to degrade (1). Further to the huge waste issue caused by discarded plastic bags there is a cost to wildlife that should be considered as small animals such as birds and fish can either end […]
Leading Berkshire conveyancers, Gordons Property Lawyers, implement Lawyer Checker into their risk management
Maidenhead conveyancers, Gordons Property Lawyers (GPL) have decided to beat the bogus law firms and combat criminal conveyancers through the introduction of Lawyer Checker into their due diligence processes. They, along with over 2000 conveyancing firms who are also registered to use the service, acknowledge that the threat from cyber-crime is a very real and […]
September sales at eight-year high
Strongest September for home sales since 2007, driven by activity in the north as supply squeeze stalls sales in the south But there’s a southern resurgence in price growth, with the South East seeing strongest year-on-year rise of any region London housing market back on track, with capital recording its biggest monthly price boost since […]
House purchase lending pushes to fresh September high
September 2015 sees 72,930 house purchase approvals, up almost 20% since September last year Growth takes house purchase approvals to highest level since January 2014 (the last month of support for mortgage lending via the Bank of England’s Funding for Lending Scheme) Small deposit lending hits the highest levels seen since October 2008 – now […]
Council for Licensed Conveyancers and Scottish Qualifications Authority announce strategic partnership in legal education
The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC), the specialist property law regulator, and the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA), an Ofqual recognised awarding body, have announced a partnership for the delivery of a suite of qualifications, enabling those who achieve them to be licensed as a CLC lawyer specialising in conveyancing or probate in England and Wales. […]
dmgi::land&property emea&apac acquires ETSOS, a leading provider of conveyancing technology
dmgi::land&property emea&apac (“dmgilp”), the international property information division of dmg information, announced today that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of Estate Technical Solutions Limited (“ETSOS”). ETSOS, based in Caton near Lancaster, is a leading provider of technology to conveyancing solicitors and other property professionals. ETSOS plays a key role in helping solicitors […]
Herbie goes bananas
Headline news last week was the diesel emissions scandal. The German car manufacturer Volkswagen admitted that over 1.1 million vehicles in the UK are fitted with a defect device to cheat emissions tests with the pressure now on for the Government to launch a full investigation. In the summer, Lloyds lost the personal information of […]
Pali celebrate winning recent awards
Pali Ltd (Property and Land Information) had a celebratory night out recently after being awarded Best Conveyancing Search Platform 2015 and Best in-Class Customer Service in the Technology Innovator Awards 2015. Pali have offices across England and Wales however as Head Office is on The Wirral, they decided to celebrate their award and treat the […]
SearchFlow makes two senior appointments to spearhead market expansion
Conveyancing search provider, SearchFlow has appointed Stefanie van den Haak as Commercial Director and Maud Rousseau as Group Marketing and Communications Director. SearchFlow, which is part of DMGT, will be expanding its product and service offering next year. Stefanie and Maud have been tasked to rebuild the brand and its commercial face to reflect SearchFlow’s […]
A great scheme has just hatched from Searches UK
Throughout October, November & December Searches UK will donate chickens to families in Africa on behalf of every client that processes an order with us. Clients can help contribute at least 3 chickens when they order their searches in each of these months. Our contribution to charity will massively enhance the lives of families who […]
Conveyancing Association All-Members Meeting marks significant step forward in leasehold improvement campaign
The Conveyancing Association (CA) last week hosted its third All-Members Meeting of 2015, where industry leaders met to discuss the CA’s campaign to extend the rights of those seeking to purchase a leasehold property and improve the process. The meeting, which took place in London on Thursday 1st October, saw the publication of a new […]
St Albans’ sinkhole reason ‘Unearthed’?
Following last week’s news story about the large sinkhole that opened in a residential estate in St Albans, our Research team at Groundsure have done some investigative work and found that this area was formerly used as pits for the extraction of clay for the London Brick Company. This analysis was undertaken using historical Ordnance […]
SRA launches 2015 practising certificate renewals
The SRA has opened the application process for this year’s practising certificate renewals. The window remains open until 31st October 2015. To help those completing applications, the SRA has put in place a range of support measures including: detailed guidance and user guides videos frequently asked questions – raised by mySRA users All of these […]
Law firm merger creates 250-strong practice with an ambition for success
This October will see Ramsdens and Baxster Caulfield joining firms across the UK who are choosing to merge. Will consolidation continue to be the future of the conveyancing profession? Ramsdens Solicitors, who have their principal office based in Edgerton, with nine further branch offices, announced they are to merge their current 220 employees with fellow […]
Landmark urges conveyancers to assess ground stability risk for homebuyers, following appearance of sinkhole in St Albans
With news in this week regarding the appearance of a huge sinkhole in a residential cul-de-sac in St Albans, Landmark Information Group, the UK’s leading supplier of digital mapping, property and environmental risk information, is reminding conveyancing solicitors of the importance of running relevant ground stability checks as part of the due diligence process. A […]
More means more (Conveyancer Slater – Tweet of the Week)
Do you think this week’s tweet is true – when mistakes happen, are conveyancers urged to charge more for their services? Is this something you have done, and are the errors or mishaps out of your control? Please share your thoughts on this Tweet of the Week in the comments section below. Looking for […]
The importance of ordering a planning search
2014 saw over 1,100,000 residential property transaction completions – over 200,000 more than the previous year – and the 7 months up to 31st July of 2015 has seen 399,394 transactions (1). The average UK house price was recorded as £183,861 in July 2015, a 4.6% increase on the previous year. This follows the moderate […]
Moneypenny celebrates as time flies
Telephone answering specialist Moneypenny is celebrating three years of handling `night-time’ calls, the majority legal, from the other side of the world. In 2012, the company took the unusual decision to open an office in New Zealand to meet the increasing demand at the time for a 24/7 telephone answering service – driven by the […]
Legal indemnity insurance: bespoke and by phone
Need to speak to an expert about a bespoke insurance policy? That isn’t a problem if you order your legal indemnity insurance through STL. Our support team at CLS will consider any request by carefully examining the triggers that could potentially bring about a claim. How could they be defended? For example, in the case […]
