Land registry releases data showing a slump in housing transactions

Only 24 hours after the Land registry released data showing a 20 per cent slump in housing transactions, new figures from the Equity Release Council throw some light on why older owners may no longer be moving house so frequently. The data shows that the equity release market is moving closer to the psychologically-important threshold […]

The Office for Legal Complaints (OLC)

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The Office for Legal Complaints (OLC), which oversees the Legal Ombudsman (LeO), has presented its Annual Report and Accounts 2017-18 to Parliament. LeO accepted 7,527 legal complaints in the 2017-18 financial year. This rose from 7,223 in the previous year with residential conveyancing, personal injury, family law, wills and probate and litigation the most complained […]

Ombudsman issues a statement following Trading Standards Warning to Estate Agents

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Following yesterday’s press release from Trading Standards – or more specifically the National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team (NTSEAT) – entitled ‘Warning to estate agents still signed up with Ombudsman Services for redress – make the switch’, and our previous article published yesterday about Trading Standards issuing a warning to estate agents over redress. An […]

LFS Announces Final Shortlist For The Awards 2018

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LFS are delighted to announce the final shortlist for the LFS Conference and Awards which is taking place at the Vox Conference Centre in Birmingham on the 19th September. The LFS Conference and Awards is the most respected and prestigious event on the conveyancing calendar which attracts leading professionals and suppliers from the whole of […]

Are industry conferences worthwhile?

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Whether you’re a well established conveyancer or you’re brand new to the sector, conferences are something you will soon become accustomed to.

Search Acumen comments on ONS House Price Index May 2018

Andy Sommerville, Director at Search Acumen, comments: “Today’s figures show that the slowing UK housing market has now effectively hit a brick wall. “For some, this is welcome relief. Particularly in the capital, stalled house prices mean first-time buyers finally have a better chance of catching up. With the exception of the top end London […]

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