First time buyers volumes up in March despite Buy-to-Let rush
The number of first time buyer transactions reached it’s highest level in nearly two years in March, with 32,500 recorded. The number of first time buyer transactions reached 33,300 in June 2014 . On a month to month basis, the number of transactions lept 47.7% from February into March, and 34.9% compared to March 2015. […]
One in fifty firms have been victims of scams
18% of firms have been victims of scams according to the Law Society with banks and insurers picking up the tab in two thirds of cases. According to a survey of 560 firms conducted on behalf of the Law Society by Mustard Research Limited, 25% of firms have been targeted, with less than 10% of attempts […]
Land Registry update DX and postal addresses
Land Registry are set to update their DX and PO Box addresses from 27th May The Land Registry say they are changing their central address because their scanning centre is moving from Coventry to Gloucestershire. The currently public body say they have been scanning applications at a central address since January 2015 and now handle […]
Mortgage approvals up nearly 15% year on year for March – BoE
More than 135,000 mortgages were approved last month, up 14.5% on March 2015 according to statistics released by the Bank of England today. In total, 135,443 loans secured against dwellings were approved, 17,182 ahead of March 2015. Comparing the first three months of this year to last year, there have been 21% more loan approvals […]
Last chance to book for SLC roadshow in London
Fraud and cybercrime event a ‘must attend’ for conveyancers.
SDLT.co.uk announces ‘dataflow’ and ‘expertise’ as new features for Stamp Duty Land Tax eSubmission users
The SDLT.co.uk team, who brought the first Stamp Duty Land Tax online return solution to the legal profession can now reuse data entered in the SDLT return (often via its generic case management integration) for a variety of other legal forms that are required in the process of residential and commercial conveyancing. Then eSubmit that […]
Legalex 2016 Countdown
Less than two weeks to LegalEx 2016! The show takes place on 11th & 12th May 2016 at ExCeL, London, so save the date in your diary and secure your free ticket today! Once again Legalex has attracted the most amazing line-up of speakers; you can hear from Lesley Batchelor (Director General of the Institute […]