57% of towns and cities see decline in property supply despite overall growth
New data has revealed that property supply in towns and cities rose in April for the fifth month in a row.
FCA calls for innovation to help consumers identify best mortgage deal
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its interim report into the mortgage market, finding that competition in the mortgage market is working well for many people.
Government confirm their plan to improve the Home Buying Process post Cabinet changes
This was the message relayed by Matt Prior during Wednesday’s Bold Legal Modern Law Conveyancing Conference, discussing the Government response to the industry consultation.
Risk – What’s on the horizon?
“Risk, the final frontier? This is the voyage we are all engaged on, a mission to explore strange new frauds, to seek out new threats and new mitigation strategies, to boldly go where no risk professional has gone before” If it’s not immediately obvious to you where I got the above quote from and made […]
New Bill to save tenants up to £240m per year
The Tenants Fees Bill was yesterday (2/5/18) introduced into Parliament, bringing an end to expensive lettings fees.
Landmark appoints new Head of Artificial Intelligence
Landmark Information Group, the property, land and environmental data specialist, has appointed Kris Clark as its Head of Artificial Intelligence (AI), where he will be responsible for the ongoing development and execution of its AI strategy across the organisation.
CLC reports government’s commitment to reforming the home buying and selling process still strong
Following a productive meeting with Minister for Housing, Heather Wheeler MP, Dame Janet Paraskeva, Chair of the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC), said:
Surrey based firm appoints new property specialist
A Surrey-based law firm has appointed Gemma Taylor to the conveyancing team in Dorking, bringing with her more than 12 years’ experience in the industry.
Proportion of borrowers concerned about rising interest rate falls
Recent research has revealed that only 29% of current mortgage borrowers are worried about the impact of rising interest rates on the size of repayments.
Growth for Conveyancing team at South west law firm
South West law firm Coodes Solicitors is growing its award-winning conveyancing team across Cornwall. The firm has appointed Claire Gummow to its St Austell office and bolstered its Penzance and Newquay offices with two new conveyancing executives.
New laws enabling home addresses at Companies House to be removed
New Government changes to data suppression laws will make it easier for company directors to remove home addresses from publicly available company documents. These changes are amid reports that fraudsters are utilising this information to commit identity fraud by posing as company directors and purchasing products online. Another concern is that the information is making […]
Drafting IT Agreements – The Essential Guide
This course looks at the fundamental elements of a range of common IT agreements, such as software and hardware development, distribution and licensing agreements and systems implementation agreements, to assist the commercial practitioner in drafting and negotiating agreements in this area.
PCC interviews WYM Legal on the benefits of outsourcing post-completion formalities
What problems did you encounter when your post-completion department was conducted in-house at WYM Legal? One of the real challenges around undertaking post-completion work in-house is that the capacity of the department is so closely linked to the flow of completions, leading to peaks and troughs around busy Fridays, month end and industry accelerators such as […]
Quarter one sees mortgage approvals continue to fall
The latest figures have revealed that mortgage approvals continued to fall during the first quarter of 2018.
Search Acumen upgrades real estate platform to fast track legal property transactions
· New data layers significantly enhance “fingertip, real-time property screening” for Real Estate Lawyers · Lawyers instantly visualise property risks and hazards · Improved streamline functionality and increased efficiency could reduce transaction administration time by weeks Search Acumen, the property data and technology provider, has upgraded its Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Platform to […]
Government on track to miss 1m housing target
Recent data suggests that the Government will fall short of reaching its 1 million housing target by 2020.
Committee to consider role of digital currencies
The role of digital currencies in the UK is set to be considered by the Treasury Select Committee today (01/05/18).
Japanese knotweed research does not tell full story says removal specialist
Recent research suggesting that Japanese Knotweed is incurable has come into question by a company specialising in the removal of the plant.
