A new easement
Regency Villas Title Ltd v Diamond Resorts (Europe) Ltd [2015] EWHC 3564 This case involved alleged ‘easements’ enjoyed by the owners of Regency Villas, a time share resort, over the Broome Park Estate. The time share website states: The Regency Villas complex comprises of 26 delightful holiday homes set in their private grounds, within the […]
Chris Taylor joins GeoSmart Information to lead product development
Highly regarded legal and property product expert joins the fast growing environmental data provider to lead on sustainable development reports. GeoSmart Information, a sister company of ESI, one of the UK’s leading environmental consultancies, continues to expand its team with the appointment of Chris Taylor as Product Development Director. A former founder of Groundsure, Technical […]
2015 was a booming year for house prices and further growth is expected this year
House prices rose on average 6.3% in 2015 and 0.5% in December, according to major indices, published monthly by The Land Registry, Halifax, Nationwide and LSL Property Services. House price growth is expected to continue into 2016, varying between 3% and 6%, say experts. Improved employment, rising wages and a continuing shortage of new homes, […]
Search Acumen sets a new ‘big data’ precedent
Conveyancing search firm is the first to integrate the full Land Registry National Polygon Dataset Title Intelligence 2.0 improves validation and further reduces the risk of incorrect orders Technology creates time savings, giving conveyancers a ‘different way of working’ Search Acumen, the search provider, has become the first to fully integrate Land Registry’s newly released National […]
Charity donations to be made by Searches UK & Groundsure to those affected by the holiday floods
After the recent spell of flooding across Yorkshire and Cumbria over the latter part of 2015, Searches UK & Groundsure have pledged to donate money to charity for every Groundsure Flood Report that is ordered through Searches UK. Ordering a Flood Report during a property transaction to ensure solicitors and conveyancers are carrying out robust […]