Villages and towns are facing years of traffic disruption, noise and dust as major planning decisions are being made about the future of multiple sites across the country. Mineral and Waste Plans are an often overlooked part of planning search due diligence – conveyancers and their clients need to be aware of the long term […]Read More
Law Firm Services and H.M. Land Registry are pleased to announce a series of Breakfast Briefings that are FREE of charge to all conveyancers. These events will take place in April and May and are all kindly sponsored by Groundsure. They are all in areas where the Land Registry will shortly be launching the new […]Read More
Index Property Information is pleased to be attending and exhibiting at the Solicitors Group LAW 2020 event in Leeds. This is the second event in the SOLICITORS group’s LAW2020 roadshow of legal exhibitions and training conferences. The event will take place at The Met Hotel, Leeds on 3rd & 4th March. Join us and approximately […]Read More
Law firms are still struggling to produce compliant, individualised risk assessments to tackle anti-money laundering and firms need to embed a cultural awareness of risk from the top down, according to a panel of legal experts and regulators. On Wednesday 29th January 2020, Today’s Conveyancer hosted its first roundtable event of the year at one […]Read More
A housebuilder in Scotland has embraced technology and is allowing home buyers the opportunity to utilise virtual reality (VR) to scope out the development’s neighbourhood. The neighbourhood is going to be situated in the NorthBridge area of Glasgow and is part of the Keepmoat Homes development. The builder said that: “The VR tour will allow […]Read More
Despite the property market bounce back enjoyed by the sector following the general election at the start of December last year, the total number of property sales ended the year 0.91% lower than in 2018. The 1,180,610 sales completed in 2019 was marginally down on the 1,191,460 transaction in 2018, according to recent HM Land […]Read More
Total housing output has experienced strong and sustained growth since 2013. Over the past decade, private investment in new housing has tripled from £1.145 billion in 2010 to £3.025 billion at the end of 2019, according to ONS data. Similarly, new housing investment has almost doubled from £342 million to £588 million in November 2019. […]Read More
Index is thrilled to be celebrating its 10th Birthday. Since its inception in 2010, Index has gone from strength to strength soon becoming the quickest growing search provider in the UK. We understand what Conveyancing professionals require and accordingly provide a bespoke service tailored to each individual client requirements. We believe in creating a true […]Read More
First-time buyer (FTB) transactions have increased by 84% since 2009. Between 2009 and 2019, FTB transaction volume rose from 193,940 in the doldrums of the financial crisis to 356,767 completed transactions at the end of the last decade, according to data from Halifax. The importance of FTBs to a successful property market in recent years […]Read More
A lender has changed their instructions for searches in the lenders’ handbook. Fleet Mortgages now recognises the Search Code and Formal Search Code Recognition in its Part 2 of the UK Lenders Handbook. Out of the 124 lenders listed on the UK Finance website, only 12 lenders have formally accepted personal searches produced by Search […]Read More
The prolonged uncertainty caused by multiple Brexit delays has left the real estate and property sector ending the decade with 13% more businesses in significant financial distress when compared with 2018. According to the fourth quarter data, provided by Begbies Traynor’s Red Flag Alert, 53,159 businesses in the UK property sector are now in significant […]Read More
Two thirds (64%) of UK adults have faced a legal issues over the past four years with over half (53%) of issues considered contentious. According to a joint report commissioned by The Law Society and The Legal Services Board, the main reasons people sought legal advice between 2016 and the end of 2019 were defective […]Read More
The mortgage sector ended the decade with strong December activity as mortgage approvals increased by 24% between December 2018 and December 2019. According to UK Finance’s December 2019 Household Update, mortgages approvals increased from 26,145 in December 2018 to 32,451 in the final month of the last decade. Similarly, remortgaging approvals also enjoyed a 30% […]Read More
Kieran Egan and Anna Sparrow have joined the specialist conveyancing firm Adkirk Law. The Preston-based law firm specialises in conveyancing, fraud and regulatory law. Anna joins the firm with 13 years experience, having previously worked at Stephenson’s Solicitors and Slater and Gordon as a conveyancing solicitor. Whilst at Adkirk Law, Anna will focus on freehold, […]Read More
Japanese Knotweed has been hitting the headlines again recently. Due to the problems this invasive plant brings to the conveyancing process, Liverpool-based law firm CEL Solicitors has expanded its core service lines. The firm have hired Mark Montaldo, to head up their Japanese Knotweed claims offering. The firm also specialises in housing welfare and data […]Read More
Conveyancers and homeowners are warned that properties are more at risk of infestations of Japanese knotweed after it is revealed that extensive flooding increases the spread of the invasive plant. With England enduring its fifth wettest autumn on record in 2019, the spread of invasive plants such as Japanese Knotweed, Giant Hogweed and Himalayan Balsam […]Read More
Leading outsourced communications provider Moneypenny has become an industry partner to the UK’s foremost professional body for the property industry, Propertymark. Propertymark encompasses ARLA Propertymark, NAEA Propertymark and NAVA Propertymark and comprises more than 18,000 members across the UK. The partnership will see Moneypenny, which provides telephone answering and live chat services to more than […]Read More
Search and software provider poweredbypie’s free webinar on AntiMoney Laundering has proved popular following the introduction of The Fifth Money Laundering Directive (5AMLD) which came into force on 10th January 2020. David Payne, Training & Compliance at poweredbypie explains: “We run around six free webinars each month for legal professionals, covering a variety of essential […]Read More
The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) used their annual conference today, January 28th to launch their Customer Charter. The Charter provides the clients and customers of CLC regulated firms with a set of expectations they can expect from the specialist property or probate lawyers operating under the regulator. The Charter ensures that all CLC regulated […]Read More
Look on any map and the village of Rottingdean should have a charmed position – nestled in a dramatic chalk valley of the South Downs, right on the seaside: long sweeping views of hills and bracing sea air. The reality could not be further from the truth as residents and shopkeepers choke on the decisions […]Read More
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