It’s Time To Fall Back In Love With The Phone

Bernadette Bennett, Commercial Manager – Legal at Moneypenny, explains why it’s a good call for organisations to focus on answering the phone – and doing it well – during unprecedented times. Over recent years, we’ve seen huge investment in digitalisation. The options for communicating with legal professionals have diversified to include platforms such as Instagram, […]
Diary Of A High Street Conveyancer – Friday March 27

Friday I had two completions today – both were completed quickly – one was the purchase of an empty house by a first time buyer, the second the sale of an empty house. In the current climate, these are the best transactions you can have. The purchase of the empty house was interesting in that […]
Conveyancing Market Stakeholders Produce Industry Coronavirus Guidance

The following press release was written bu The Conveyancing Association (CA) and offers fresh advice for conveyancing professionals concerning transactions whilst the UK is on lockdown. The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today endorsed industry-wide guidance to conveyancing firms advising clients on house moves during the Coronavirus crisis. […]
Surveyors Demand Suspension Of Transactions

The surveying community is the latest sector urging the government to suspend housing transactions until government restrictions are lifted. Surveyors are calling on the government to provide clarity on their situation after recent grants and advice have left them vulnerable both financially and the outbreak. In a letter to the government, the Residential Property Surveyors […]
Property Fall Through Rates Increase In March

In the past month property fall through rates have increased by 45 per cent. Between February 17 and March 16, the number of aborted property sales has increased from 5,114 to 8,364, according to a recent client briefing from TwentyCi. Unfortunately, this figure is expected to rise unless the government suspend activity in the sector […]
Organisations Offer Vacant Buildings To Key Workers

It was announced on the 23 March 2020 that various organisations, that represent over 130,000 skilled professionals in the property sector, have signed a letter to the government offering their help in the Coronavirus crisis. This week saw a sea of support wash over the NHS in the form of a scheduled clappathon. Whilst the […]
Union Says Home Working Should Not Be Just For Fee Earners

The Legal Sector Workers Union (LSWU) has stated that in the current circumstances home-working should not just be for fee-earners, and that those who are working at home should “show solidarity” with their administrative staff who have not been allowed to work from home. The Union expressed outrage last week at the “classist allocation of […]