My Home Move, the UK’s leading provider of mover conveyancing services, has won the highly coveted title of ‘Best Conveyancing Provider’ at the Mortgage Finance Gazette Awards 2016. The Awards presentation, which was held on Read More
Overseas buyers account for just 21% of all London sales, as tax changes breed new caution Overall buyer demand in London up 4% during Q3, while supply of properties falls 5% Prime London property values up 0.3% in Q3, Read More
LMS, one of the UK’s leading conveyancing panel management specialists, has partnered with Hinckley & Rugby Building Society. The announcement further demonstrates LMS’ commitment to, and expertise in, working closely with the Read More
Breaking News At the Society of Licensed Conveyancers (SLC) Annual Conference today the CEO of Land Registry, Graham Farrant, was challenged following his talk, about the impact on conveyancers of long delays on registrations. One Read More
Introduction We welcome again Mr Anis Waiz, solicitor and Head of Commercial Litigation at Curtis Law Solicitors, as he continues his critical review of current case law. This important case raised a key issue for Read More
Last month was a very important one in the legal industry as the results from the Criminal Duty Tender were finally announced. After initially delaying the announcement by 2 weeks, 100s of firms finally found out Read More
The SRA’s interactive ‘A Question of Trust’ campaign has caught the attention of law firms, with a number asking the regulator for help to explore the issues with their staff. The campaign, which runs Read More
We are delighted to announce the launch of the Conveyancing Charity Foundation. The Foundation has been established to help conveyancers raise money for their chosen charities, with the Free Legal Fee Charity Competition having raised Read More
Budget squeeze on buy-to-let tax relief is a factor for half (50%) of landlords currently looking to sell Those currently considering selling represent one-in-ten existing UK landlords Fundamental supply crunch continues – as 52% see tenant demand rising, Read More
The total stock of property for sale falls to a new post-crisis low as the drought worsens (currently 45% fewer properties for sale than in Nov 2007). The average annual home price appreciation for England and Wales Read More
Inner London allows 50% more new homes than all capital’s more spacious suburbs – granting 11,970 in H1 Proposed new properties are four times more likely to be rejected by the outer boroughs of Greater London Further Read More
It started on Sunday with 12 celebrities being transported to the Australian outback all fighting it out over the next few weeks to win King or Queen of the Jungle. In the reality TV show these 12 Read More
Searches UK are delighted to announce that their Managing Director, Andrew Stenning, has qualified as a finalist for Entrepreneur of the Year in the Sussex Business Awards. Taking place on Thursday 3rd December 2015, the awards Read More
With tensions mounting from delays, unforseen issues and many parties to rely on in conveyancing, it’s no wonder clients as well as conveyancers feel the strain. This week’s Slater makes their growing frustrations Read More
Graham Murphy is Product Manager at the Law Society and part of his mandate is to ensure law firms are fully engaged with CQS. He told Jane Common at Today’s Conveyancer how the Read More
With new figures released today by Department for Communities and Local Government revealing that the number of new homes has risen by 25% over the past year, conveyancing search provider, SearchFlow stresses the importance of Read More
Be prepared for the biggest changes to business insurance law in generations When the Insurance Act 2015 (the Act) comes into force on 12th August 2016, the much anticipated reforms to business insurance law in the UK Read More
October 2015 sees 72,409 house purchase approvals, the highest figure for the month in seven years and up 21.9% from October 2014 House purchase approval levels continue to grow, setting a new 22 month record high since January 2014 Small deposit Read More
With fraud becoming an ever more common occurrence in the legal sector, every firm should have robust procedures in place The UK’s fraud prevention service, Cifas, recently reported that recorded fraud increased by 25% Read More
The latest Your Move Reeds Rains England & Wales House Price Index has been published for October 2015 and has revealed: The annual rate of house price growth across England and Wales climbs to 5.2%, the fastest Read More