The Postcode Planning Lottery

Location can not only affect the price of your house, but also whether you could be approved for planning permission. With house prices rapidly rising, many are choosing to purchase smaller houses with the intention to extend in the future. It is estimated that 90% of applications are granted nationally, however around 20,000 households will […]

When was the last time your firm increased your conveyancing fees?

Half of conveyancing firms have increased their fees over the past 6 months, a tmgroup survey has revealed. The survey, conducted throughout the first part of 2016 by leading property and data provider tmgroup, asked conveyancers: “When was the last time your firm increased your conveyancing fees?” It was revealed that 50% of firms surveyed […]

Couple lose £204,390 after fraudsters fake email from conveyancers

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A couple has lost their future home and more than £200,000 to fraudsters after receiving an email claiming to offer new bank account details for their conveyancer. The Telegraph state that Andrew Doyle and Susan Paul had requested their conveyancers TCS send bank details to be sent by email rather than post. After several phone […]

SRA announce consultation on making it easier to switch regulators

The Solicitors Regulation Authority have announced a consultation on making it easier for firms to switch regulators. The announcement comes after the Society for Licensed Conveyancers wrote to the SRA asking them to review the situation and remove the need for professional indemnity insurance cover while the switch is taking place. The current Participating Insurers […]

Firms are taking on more work than they can handle says LFS Judge Richard Powell

Richard Powell, Director at Ryder & Dutton Chartered Surveyors and Estate Agents, says some firms are taking on more work than they’re able to cope with after the 2008 recession saw so many leave the profession. However Richard also says volumes in his region, the North West of England, are still around a third less […]

Housing supply jumped 54% in last month – NAEA

First time buyers are first in line to benefit when it comes to the increase in stamp duty on second homes according to the National Association of Estate Agents with the number of FTBs up 28% in March. Just short of 40% of estate agents expect the buy-to-let (BTL) stamp duty reforms to increase availability […]