ESTAS Awards Set To Take Virtual Stage
The ESTAS are still set to go ahead next month, although the format of the awards has had to be changed due to the corona virus pandemic. The event will take place online on Friday 3 July 2020 at 4pm, and is free for anyone to access. Simon Brown, Founder of The ESTAS Group, said: […]
Sales Agreed And New Instructions Increasing Post-Lockdown
Early indications suggest that the property market is bouncing back with Rightmove site interactions above 2019 levels, new instructions rising and sales agreed increasing. Full property viewings on Rightmove are now stronger than 2019 levels, according to the portal. Rightmove indicate that a full viewing will involve potential buyers accessing all information provided on a […]
Mortgage Lenders Relaunch Products
Virgin Money and Clydesdale Bank will offer a wider product range next week, as the property market continues its recovery following the corona virus lockdown. The lender has indicated that it will provide products which include a 90% loan to value (LTV) rate for residential mortgages, and an 80% LTV for buy-to-lets. It has also […]
Social Distancing Measures Will Hinder Businesses Re-Opening
It has been a week or so since the Prime Minister Boris Johnson revealed that some businesses in England could once again begin to open their doors, as we all being to live in a country on the road from coronavirus recovery. A survey conducted by the British Chamber of Commerce (BCC), has revealed that […]
Remediation Cladding Deadlines Missed By Majority Of ACM Buildings
The Government has conceded that deadlines to ensure all remediation work on the removal of dangerous cladding on buildings by June will not be met. Unfortunately, the recent lockdown has meant that many remediation projects were forced to halt, with many construction sites likely to have struggled regardless of the lockdown. James Brokenshire, Communities Secretary […]
Search Companies Collaborate To Improve Lender Handbook Compliance
Leading search companies in England and Wales have teamed up with risk and compliance experts Lexsure to enable law firms to order a LENDERmonitor LM04 Policy Search alongside other conveyancing searches. The integrated policy search makes it easier for conveyancers to protect themselves from the risk of missing updates to Part-2 of the UK Finance […]
Today’s Conveyancer Launches Weekly Sentiment Index
Today’ Conveyancer has launched a sentiment index to gauge the mood amongst conveyancing professionals. We are keen to see how the market is developing and share information with our readership. Complete our short survey for law firm practitioners and leaders and we’ll share the results weekly through Today’s Conveyancer. CLICK HERE to complete our 2 […]
Taylor Rose TTKW Acquires McMillan Williams Creating Top 75 Consumer Law Firm
Taylor Rose TTKW Limited (Taylor Rose) is pleased to announce it has acquired McMillan Williams Solicitors Limited together with related staff and offices to create a top 75[i] law firm. The combined firm will represent revenues of over £40 million and have 32 offices nationwide covering Cumbria to Sussex with headquarters in Peterborough and London. […]
Diary Of A High Street Conveyancer – Tuesday May 19
Tuesday In the ‘old days’, there were days when you really wished you hadn’t bothered; you felt unappreciated, and were ready to throw in the towel. I have not had many of those days in the last eight weeks and although life is hard , I thought that perhaps there had been some reassessing of the […]
The Legal Industry During Lockdown & Beyond
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Isolation thoughts – Embrace the Chaos
Written by Tom Backhouse, CEO and Founder of Terrafirma IDC Ltd. I have started to write this blog several times over the last few weeks, but each time I put my headphones in and settle down, I am distracted by yet another change to the narrative. There are new market recovery forecasts, government announcements, regulatory guidance, […]
Ask An Expert: Rob Hailstone Answers Your Questions
As the eyes and ears of 700 conveyancing organisations as founder and head of the Bold Legal Group, Rob Hailstone is well respected within the conveyancing sector. And in Lawyer Checker’s latest Ask an Expert Key Relationship Manager Tom Lyes invited Rob to answer questions posed by attendees. The interview, which can be seen below […]
Keep The Momentum Of Digitisation Going Urges Industry Data Provider
The property sector must maintain the progress it has made in a very short space of time urges Search Acumen’s Andy Sommerville in an interview with Today’s Conveyancer discussing the release of their latest Conveyancing Tracker. Search Acumen’s Conveyancing Market Tracker was launched 5 years ago, tracking the volume of transactions completed by law firms […]
First-Time Buyer Mortgage Applications Reduce In Lockdown
The mortgage slowdown during lockdown seems to have impacted prospective buyers more than homeowners. Those looking to purchase a property for the first time seem to have delayed their home move during lockdown or were forced to reconsider homeownership because of their changing circumstance. Applications made by first-time buyers reduced by 35 per cent in […]
20% Increase In Formal Complaints To Property Ombudsman
The property Ombudsman experienced a 20 per cent spike in formal complaints last year according to its annual report for 2019. Similarly to other years. communication and record keeping were the most complained about elements of a client’s legal service. These issues were followed by complaints handling with law firms, marketing or advertising concerns and […]
Client Facing Sectors Resume Physical Viewings and Valuations
The housing market has been open for a week and activity has been steadily increasing since the announcement that the sector was released from lockdown. In the past week we have had governmental updates on how to safely complete the home moving process and cross-sector guidance on how to safely operate within current social distancing […]
Active Conveyancing Firms Fall To Lowest Recorded Levels
The number of active conveyancing firms in the UK has fallen to its lowest ever levels since the tracker was launched in 2011. At the start of 2020, there were 4,135 active conveyancing firms. However, by the end of January, as Covid-19 started to take hold in the UK, this figure had fallen to 3,726 […]
Conveyancing Hit Four Year High And Seven Year Low In Q1
Search Acumen Conveyancing Market Tracker – Q1 2020 edition 236,641 transactions registered in England and Wales during Q1 2020, up 5% from 226,444 in Q4 2019 – helped by a brief post-election bounce – but down 8% year-on-year January recorded the greatest number of monthly transactions (104,325) since April 2016 March saw just 55,381 transactions […]
Diary Of A High Street Conveyancer – Monday May 18
Monday As days disappear and the old days really do seem like the good old days, I think it is a good opportunity to think about how conveyancing is done. And take the time to reassess our office processes and how we can make life better not only for each other but for our clients […]
Assistance For Firms In The Property Sector Impacted by Covid-19
It’s almost impossible to escape the impact of COVID-19, particularly for firms within the property industry. The entire sector has been significantly affected, from property investors, construction companies and developers, to estate agents and conveyancers. With many construction projects on pause and estate agents and housebuilders having closed their sales offices, the industry is undoubtedly […]
