BREAKING NEWS: Flexible Furlough Scheme Announced

BREAKING NEWS: Flexible Furlough Scheme Announced

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, has this evening, Friday 29th July, announced that the furlough scheme will now become flexible, helping businesses to bring back some of those employees that they placed on the job retention scheme. All of this is with the aim of helping the UK economy bounce back after the corona […]

BREAKING NEWS: Guidance Issued For Conveyancers

On the 13th May the Housing Secretary announced plans for the UK to re-open the housing sector. In light of this, today there has been Cross-Industry, sector specific, guidance issued to provide conveyancers with information to keep property transactions moving in line with the Government advice relating to COVID-19 and the new usage of the […]

Tens Of Thousands Of AP1 Registrations Awaiting Processing

The recently published 'number and types of transactions for value' released by HM Land Registry (HMLR) suggest that HMLR failed to complete applications anywhere close to the average in April.

The recently published ‘number and types of transactions for value’ released by HM Land Registry (HMLR) suggest that HMLR failed to complete applications anywhere close to the average in April. Overall, the data indicated that just 440 AP1 applications on transfers for value were completed last month. In contrast, despite lockdown impacting the property market […]

Conveyancing Association Issues Sector-Specific Guidance For Conveyancing Firms

The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today issued newly-published sector-specific guidance for conveyancing firms in order to support Government plans on reopening the housing market, enabling people to move safely. The collaborative sector guide sets out how the legal aspects of home moving can take place while complying […]

Riding The Leadership Learning Curve During A Pandemic

Riding The Leadership Learning Curve During A Pandemic

I suspect that for any new role, 33 years should be ample preparation. But taking over as the Senior Partner of DM Hall, one of Scotland’s leading independent firms of chartered surveyors, on 1 January 2020 now somehow feels like having been unceremoniously dropped in at the deep end. Most of my first 11 weeks […]

Movers and Shakers – 29 May 2020

Movers and Shakers - 29 May 2020

Here at Today’s Conveyancer, we wanted to share with you the good news we’ve had within in the industry of professionals joining firms and those who have moved up the promotional ladder. This week we’ve seen the following announcements with regards to appointments and promotions: Alan Rubenstein – has been appointed the NHBC Chair Natalie […]

Evalaution Of Post-Crisis Regulatory Changes Could Help Post-Covid Recovery

Evalaution Of Post-Crisis Regulatory Changes Could Help Post-Covid Recovery

New research suggests that post-financial crisis regulatory changes have severely restricted many first-time buyers from climbing on to the property ladder over the past decade. According to the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association’s (IMLA) ‘First-time buyers: is the growth sustainable’ report, the government should look to ease many of these restrictions to help more first-time buyers […]