Chief Executive and Chief Land Registrar Graham Farrant explains how HM Land Registry’s new Business Strategy sets its direction for the next five years
HM Land Registry was set up in 1862 to make conveyancing simpler, faster and cheaper, by moving from an unregistered system of ownership to full registration of land.
CLC comments on MoJ response
Commenting on the Ministry of Justice’s response to the CMA’s review of legal services, Sheila Kumar, Chief Executive, Council for Licensed Conveyancers said:
Unnecessary disruption of the legal sector not in national interest
Robust consumer protection and a competitive legal services market coexist in a justice system that works in the best interests of all, the Law Society of England and Wales said today following the Ministry of Justice’s response to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) study of legal services.
Government responds to CMA Legal Services Market Study
The Ministry of Justice has issued its response to the study on the legal services market carried out by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
Asking prices see most significant cut in six years
New research has found that asking prices are facing the most significant cuts since 2011.
October sees fall in variable mortgages whilst fixed deal demand grows
Recent research has indicated that demand for variable mortgage products has dropped to just 5% in October.