Re-wilding Streams: Letting Nature Control Flooding
Government flood management investment, often reacting to events rather than in anticipation of them, has tended to focus on hard flood defences – channelling water faster elsewhere. But long term, is this just making things worse? Is there a more natural alternative to slow the flow as nature originally intended? In the 1970s and early […]
Paralysis Continues To Grip The Property Market
Search Acumen comments on HMRC’s Monthly Property Transactions Andy Sommerville, Director of Search Acumen, comments: “Paralysis continues to grip the property market, with activity remaining flat. First-time buyers are accounting for a significant chunk of the limited market activity, while those few who need to move, despite wider uncertainty, are also helping to keeping the […]
Leasehold And Ground Rent And HIPs, Oh My!
In the City of London earlier this month, tmgroup hosted the first of several audience-led ‘Back to Reality’ discussions on the challenges that will continue to impact the residential property market after 29th March. The event brought an audience of conveyancers, surveyors and lenders together, alongside a panel of residential property specialists – including representatives […]
Law Firm Announce Conveyancing Promotions After 10% Growth in 2018
One of the West Midlands leading independent law firms has made six promotions to help it build on 10% growth in 2018. Talbots Law, which employs over 200 people across its six offices in the Black Country and Worcestershire, saw annual fees rise to nearly £12m and took the decision to put in place the […]
AI Portal Claims Its Better Than Rightmove And Zoopla For Investors
A new artificial intelligence (AI) powered property website believes it is offering a more desirable portal for investors and landlords than online real estate platform and property websites, Rightmove and Zoopla. One & Only Pro’s sole goal is to help investors and landlords find the ‘very best deals’ which they feel differentiates itself from websites […]