LFS Conveyancing Awards’ Shortlist For Small Conveyancing Firm of the Year Category
The Law Firm Services Conveyancing Conference and gala dinner with awards ceremony have become a leading conveyancing event in the UK, with its array of innovative ideas, exhibitors and speakers. The 2019 event, which is sponsored by Groundsure, brings together the conveyancing industry to celebrate its achievements in the last 12 months, will take place […]
Did The Transparency Guidelines Affect You?
Just before Christmas you may all remember the rush to update your website to ensure you were compliant with the new transparency guidelines. What did you undertake to ensure you were compliant? Some rushed to implement a quotation calculator, whilst others detailed their fees and services. Since making the changes, have you noticed a difference […]
Boris Johnson Plans To Stimulate Property Market By Cutting Stamp Duty
During a recent husting in Bournemouth on Thursday evening, the potential future PM, Boris Johnson, outlined his plans for an emergency budget which would significantly cut stamp duty and reignite a stumbling property market. Boris Johnson told the group of Tory voters that the budget would overhaul the current stamp duty land tax (SDLT) thresholds […]
Improvements To Private Renting, Planning Processes And New Build Redress Schemes
James Brokenshire, the Secretary for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) made a number of important announcements concerning the property market on Thursday (June 27th) afternoon. In addition to the various changes to the leasehold sector, Mr Brokenshire also announced improvements to private renting, planning processes and new build redress schemes. The Government are looking […]
Conference: Legal Eye Conference To Be Held On 14th November
Save The Date: Please block out 14th November in your calendars and join us at the annual Legal Eye conference! This year we’ll be focusing on ‘The Real Cost of Risk Management’. With law firms facing unprecedented regulatory change we explore how much it’s likely to cost firms to ensure they have a robust risk […]
Government Launching Research Project Into Reservation Agreements
The Government are ramping up their efforts in helping to make the home buying and selling process more secure by completing a thorough 10-month research and trial into reservation agreements. The idea of creating policies to reduce gazumping and gazundering by creating a financial bind during the pre-completion stages of the buying and selling process […]