Convey Choice To Open Doors For First-Time Buyers
Convey Choice, a leading provider of expert conveyancing services and part of CLS group, recognises the need to support and help first-time buyers to successfully get on to the property ladder. With no Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) on properties worth up to £300,000 for first-time buyers, combined with a wider variety of mortgages which […]
Webinar: Maximising Your Conveyancing Enquiries
Ever wonder what your customers really experience when they contact your offices? The way a member of your team answers and subsequently handles a phone call can make or break a relationship with your prospective client. In a busy conveyancing office, it might be forgiven if the odd phone call goes to voicemail. But firms […]
Conveyancing Market Suffers Worst Conditions Since 2009
The conveyancing sector suffered its worse quarterly performance since 2009 in the final quarter of 2019. According to Search Acumen’s ‘Conveyancing Market Tracker’, the 226,444 quarterly transactions between October and December represented the lowest levels since 2009. The figures also indicated a 15 per cent fall on the 267,438 final quarter transactions from 2018 and […]
Building Blunder For 34% Of Local Authorities
Over a third of UK local authorities failed to reach their housing delivery targets in 2019. In total, 34% of local authorities fell short of meeting their housing targets for 2019 with some struggling to get anywhere near, according to the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government’s ‘Housing Delivery Targets 2019’ data set. Of […]
Retired Homeowners Property Wealth Bounces Back
Retirees have experienced a property wealth increase of thousands in the past 12 months. An analysis of the UK’s leading independent equity release adviser, Key’s data revealed that older homeowners have enjoyed an increase of more than £3,150 in the past year. According to Key’s Pensioner Property Equity Index, the over-65s cohort total property wealth, […]
Conveyancing Market Nose-Dives In Q4
Coveyancing Market Nose-Dives in Q4 As Policitcal Uncertainty Quashes Transaction Volumes And Active Firms Search Acumen Conveyancing Market Tracker – Q4 2019 edition Quarterly transactions down by 8% in Q4 to the lowest level since Q2 2017 Number of active firms now at 3,920 – a record low and 5% down in the last 12 […]