What Will The New ‘Normal’ Look Like?
Following on from the confusing address from the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson last night, who informed the nation to “Stay Alert” as opposed to “Stay At Home”, the nation waited with baited breath today on clarification on last night’s new normal. This morning, on an interview with BBC Breakfast, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab attempted to […]
Tom Backhouse Appointed CoPSO Director
The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO), the major trade association for the property search industry, has appointed Tom Backhouse, CEO of Terrafirma as a new Board Member and Director. Tom is an award-winning geologist and entrepreneur, who founded and has successfully grown Terrafirma into an innovative and market-leading company. Terrafirma, which is based in […]
Diary Of A Highstreet Conveyancer – 7th -10th May
Thursday It was almost like the old days today. The day before a Bank Holiday and I had three completions (YAY!!) One was the sale of an empty property, the second was the purchase of an empty flat, and the third was the purchase of an empty house – or so I thought. When I […]
Construction Released From Lockdown But Sector Remains Concerned
Boris Johnson’s Sunday ‘exit phase’ announcement has insisted that those who are unable to work from home should be actively encouraged to return to their places of work from Wednesday. In the majority, this will mean factories and construction sites are the first wave of businesses being told to reopen using ‘new normal’ operating processes. […]
New Returning To Work Support Package
A new support package from Legal Eye With the Prime Minister set to announce on Sunday how the Government intends to unlock the UK economy over the coming months, Legal Eye have prepared a returning to the workplace support package to give you some useful guidance to consider on how to restart your firm in […]
Worst Of All Worlds For Conveyancers?
The lead up to the last night’s big announcement by the Prime Minister was eagerly anticipated. The televised address to the nation by Boris about the next stage of our fight against the virus was watched by millions. Many conveyancers hope that chains would be unblocked and all parts of the property sector could fully […]
Returning To Work – Planning For The Big ‘Back To Office’ Transition
By Paul Saunders, MD of Legal Eye We are existing in a time where the property market is probably the most challenged in living memory. However, developments over recent days may indicate that lenders, developers and property professionals are doing their part to rebuild and kickstart the market. Nationwide recently increased its mortgage lending loan-to-value […]
Furloughed Staff Mortgage Applications And The Post-Lockdown Mortgage Environment
Boris Johnson is poised to release UK businesses and reopen a frozen economy from next week which bodes well for a pent up property market with more than 372,000 sales at various stages of the home buying and selling pipeline. For the quarter of the population placed on the Government’s furlough Staff Retention Scheme in […]