Aviva Bid To Increase Legal Indemnity Usage Through InfoTrack
Aviva and InfoTrack have announced a partnership that will see Legal Indemnities Online made available through InfoTrack’s innovative conveyancing services platform. It is the first time Aviva’s Legal Indemnity products have been made available for conveyancers to access through a third-party channel and will include residential, commercial and bespoke policies, making InfoTrack the first conveyancing […]
Equity Release Grows For Seventh Consecutive Year
As people look for ways to finance their later life, equity release ended 2018 with record levels of investment. Total lending in equity release has grown for the seventh consecutive year. The 3.94 billion extracted through equity release plans is a 29% increase on the figures for 2017. Additionally, £1.08 billion of the total figure […]
Annual Mortgage Lending Figures Increase By 3.8%
UK Finance data has revealed that gross residential mortgage lending increased by 4.7% in December when compared with the figures from a year earlier. The overall lending In December grew from £20.1 billion to £21.1 billion. Whilst the annual mortgage lending figure of £267.5 billion was up 3.8% on 2017’s figures, the £23.8 billion of […]
Modern Methods Of Construction And Implications For Conveyancers
Within the next five years 400,000 skilled and expert construction workers are set to retire, this equates to around 25% of the workforce according to Homes England, Strategic Plan. Despite the government’s widely publicised target of 300,000 homes per year by 2020, construction output in recent years has fallen significantly below this figure. Even with […]