LEAP Wins Two Awards At The British Legal Technology Awards 2018
LEAP, the leading provider of legal practice management software, is proud and honoured to have won awards for Innovation in Legal Services and Supplier of the Year – Small & Medium Enterprise at the recently held British Legal Technology Awards. The ‘Innovation in Legal Services’ award recognises how solution providers are driving the future of […]
CLC & SRA Publish Transparency Rules Guidance Before 6th December Deadline
From December 2018, all regulated law firms will be required to publish information on the prices they charge, and what these cover, across a number of common services. The Council of Licensed Conveyancer (CLC) and the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) have published guidance on how the firms they regulate can comply with the new ‘Informed […]
Government Could Introduce Property Logbooks
Government representatives from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government have criticised the current conveyancing process due to completion times and seemingly poor levels of communication throughout the process. The home buying process currently takes, on average, 19 weeks from acceptance to completion. Additionally, the cost of failed transactions, in part due to a […]
Equity Release Continues To Rise
As older home owners look for innovative ways to help fund their later life and retirement, equity release continues to thrive. The Equity Release Market Monitor Report data found that the quarter three statistics had increased by 25% on the same results twelve months earlier. The total has now reached £933 million for this quarter. […]
Annual House Price Growth Lowest In Five Years
The most recent House Price Index continues to perpetuate the claim that the housing market has reached a house price affordability ceiling point as the figures suggest the slowest price increases in five years. According to the Halifax House Price Index for October, the average price of a UK home is £227,869 and a monthly […]
