Wilford Smith On What Clients Want From Conveyancers In 2020
The typical homebuyer is savvier than ever; they want a proactive service with quick turnarounds and regular updates, and they have the tools at their fingertips to help them find a service that meets these requirements. As the demand for efficiency and innovation in the conveyancing process increases, market disruptors are stepping in to meet […]
The ESTAS Awards Goes Virtual For 2020
The biggest awards for the agency sector – The ESTAS which was due to take place on 15th May will now be a virtual event on Friday 3rd July and will be free to watch. Founder of The ESTAS Group Simon Brown explains: “We thought long and hard about holding a postponed live event and […]
40,000 Sales Agreed In Four Weeks
It’s been four weeks since the English property market re-opened, and the latest data from Rightmove suggests that Estate Agents have managed to agree no fewer than 40,000 sales in this time. The data also revealed that although we’ve only had a fortnight in June in which to trade, sales are running at just 3% […]
HBSG To Look At Property Logbooks
It seems that property passports, or logbooks for residential properties is starting to pick up some speed as a working group has been set up to look specifically at the issue. Following on from the Hackitt report’s recommendation for a digital record for every building – what Hackitt called a “golden thread of information” – the […]
Today’s Training; Online Training For Practitioners
The Practical Vision Network, which incorporates Lawyer Checker and Solve Legal Marketing, the publishers of the popular Today’s news sites, are piloting a new online training programme aimed at practitioners. Today’s Training draws on the experience and expertise of readers and contributors to provide expert guidance around the practicalities of challenges faced by practitioner. The […]
Increased Opportunity For Chartered Surveyor Apprenticeships
The Chartered Surveyor Trailblazer Apprenticeship Group has collaborated with the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education and academia, to increase opportunities for those looking to join the surveying professions. People with any form of undergraduate degree will now be able to access degree level surveying apprenticeships, giving them an opportunity to earn whilst they learn. […]
Remote Working Will Continue Long After Lockdown
It may not be a huge surprise that remote working could be here to stay for the foreseeable future, as the legal sector has quickly adapted to the lockdown restrictions imposed to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. In DPS’s report ‘How COVID-19 has affected the UK Legal Industry‘, it reveals that UK law firms […]
Today’s Conveyancer’s Weekly Sentiment Survey Results
The latest results from Today’s Conveyancer’s Sentiment Survey. Thank you to everyone who has taken part. To take part in this week’s survey please click here. One month on from the re-opening of the property market, there have been a raft of positive signs that the market is improving, with estate agents seeing valuation enquiries […]