Pali walks away with TWO Awards at this year’s ESTAS, the biggest awards in the UK residential property industry!
Pali has been recognised for its outstanding customer service to its clients by the largest and longest running award scheme in the UK residential property industry.
Landmark Academy launches to help solicitors meet “continuing competence” targets under the new SRA framework
In advance of the SRA ‘Continuing Competence’ framework becoming mandatory on 1 November 2016, Landmark Information Group is officially launching today the ‘Landmark Academy’.
Diversity delivers
As one of the co-founders of LGBT networking and support group, Freehold, David Mann celebrates the value of a diverse workforce.
Would you like to grow your firm’s profitability? Legalex seminar from OneSearch Direct
OneSearch Direct, the largest local search data company in the UK, are delighted to be speaking and exhibiting at the upcoming Legalex conference, taking place Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th May at ExCeL London. OneSearch will be located at Stand L520 showcasing a variety of new initiatives, and offering all delegates the chance toenter a […]
eConveyancer owner ULS announce 31% increase in profits for 2015/16
The owner of comparison site eConveyancer ULS Technology has announced pre-tax profits of £3.8 million, up 31% on the last tax year. ULS who also own a multitude of other comparison sites and legal services including Legal Eye, CompareProbate.co.uk and convey4us.co.uk, announced revenues also increased by 28% in the tax year ending March 2016, exceeding […]
CML expect 10,000 fewer transactions in April May and June because of SDLT reforms.
The Council for Mortgage Lenders say they expect to see 10,000 fewer mortgage transactions per months in the first quarter of the new tax year, following the pre-stamp duty increase rush on second homes. Analysis from the CML says the introduction of the 3% surcharge stamp duty on second homes this month resulted in up […]
Number of residential transactions leaps 77% in March – HMRC
The number of transactions over £40,000 leapt a huge 77% compared with March last year as a result of the looming increase in stamp duty on second homes. The number of transactions was also 74.8% higher than February. In total there were 161,990 transactions for residential property in March across the UK. To compare, the […]
Land Registry completes 266,169 searches in March
According to newly released statistics, Land Registry completed 266,159 searches in March up from 185,139 searches in February. In total there were 1,608,638 applications in March, up from 1,552,805 in february. This includes 359,911 applications in respect of registered land (dealings), up nearly 12,000 from February. There were 720,349 applications to obtain an official copy […]
Entries close this Friday!
It’s free to enter and winning an award can provide great PR for your company, as well as demonstrating excellence and your achievements to clients. It’s also a great way to acknowledge your team’s achievements! Categories Conveyancing Firm of the Year – North of England Conveyancing Firm of the Year – Midlands Conveyancing Firm of […]
LSSA steps back from further development of Free2Convey
At last week’s annual general meeting the LSSA membership welcomed the continuing development of Free2Convey but also recognised the differences between Pracctice and some LSSA members in commercial and market strategy, functional scope and product direction. As such it was agreed that it was more appropriate for individual members to have separate commercial arrangements with […]