Bank of Mum and Dad now a top ten mortgage lender

The Bank of Mum and Dad is now a top ten mortgage lender, supporting over £5 billion worth of lending. The £5.26 billion of lending puts it ahead of the 10th biggest lender, Clydesdale Bank. Over three quarters of such purchases – 256,400 of them – will be assisted by the buyer’s parents – with […]

SearchFlow’s Head of Product, Kris Clark to speak at Legalex 2016

Kris Clark, Head of Product at SearchFlow, property intelligence specialists, will be looking at how the digitisation of data is driving change within the legal sector. The transformation of land and property data is well underway, with the Land Registry, Local Authorities, Government bodies and search providers embracing a new push to digitise. Kris will […]

Property solicitor wins tmgroup’s quarterly prize draw

Commercial property solicitor Howard Meakin of Spratt Endicott Truman has won tmgroup’s quarterly prize draw, bagging himself a coveted technology prize bundle. Each quarter tmgroup asks conveyancers an industry-related question at legal conferences and exhibitions and, throughout January to March, tmgroup asked conveyancers: “When was the last time your firm increased your conveyancing fees?” Although […]