Phil Spencer Announces UK’s Top Conveyancers At The ESTAS Conveyancer Awards

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The ESTAS Customer Service Awards sponsored by SearchFlow are the biggest awards in the UK conveyancing sector. The winners were announced by Phil Spencer, the TV property expert at a glamorous dinner & ceremony at the Grosvenor House on Park Lane in London. The event was attended by 400 of the UK’s top property lawyers. […]

Letting Agents’ Anxious About Tenants Fees Bill

Letting Agents' Anxious About Tenants Fees Bill

Renting a property can be a very stressful experience. Living your life at the mercy of someone else and possessing very little control is troubling and exhausting. Currently, over 5 million households, or 21% of the property market are privately rented. This figure is set to rise to 24% by 2021. Over 1.7 million renters […]

House Prices Reach Affordability Breaking Point

Average house prices in the UK have increased by 3.2% in the year to August; however, this figure is down from the 3.4% growth to July.

Following huge growth in house prices over the past decade, the UK House Price Index for August 2018, has highlighted a slowdown in the market for the last two years. Many are speculating that stagnant wages have caused the housing market to hit an affordability ceiling point. Average house prices in the UK have increased […]

Thirdfort Roundtable Discuss Improving Identity Verification In Homemoving Process

On Friday 12th October, Thirdfort hosted a roundtable with industry regulators and representatives to discuss how digital technology could streamline and improve identity verification in the homemoving process. Attendees included HM Land Registry, Matt Prior of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, regulators SRA, CLC, CILEx and HMRC, representative bodies including the Law […]