Search Acumen Comments On Halifax’s House Price Index For July 2020

Andy Sommerville, Director of Search Acumen, comments: “This latest data shows the UK property market’s recovery is continuing to gather momentum. “The uptick in house prices may have been partly driven by households viewing their financial position more positively. People fortunate enough to return to work are likely to have greater visibility over their long-term […]
Rightmove Half Year Revenue Results Annouced

Rightmove results have been released showing a revenue and profit drop for the six months to 30 June 2020. Dominated by the pandemic, for the first six months of 2020, it is not surprising that the numbers had dropped, coupled with the fact Rightmove gave its customers a 75% discount. The results showed that revenue […]
Feel Good Friday: Trio Of Promotions At Surrey Firm

There has been lots of positive things happening across the sector this week, so we wanted to share these good vibes with you as part of our ‘Feel Good Friday’ news items. Here is a little snap shot of what’s been going on.o New promotions announced at Surrey Law Firm Three solicitors have been promoted […]
Rightmove Results Confirm Strong Housing Market

This morning Rightmove produced its half year results to the stock market and had given a good insight into exactly how strong the housing market is. From a conveyancers perspective Rightmove has over 940,000 properties listed on its portal and is as good a bell weather of the housing market as you are going to […]
Titlesolv UK And Ireland Joins The Westcor Family

Set up only 15 years ago, Westcor Land Title Insurance Company based in Maitland, Florida is now the fifth largest title insurance underwriter in the United States and the number one independent title insurer. Westcor International set up base in the UK just three years ago and received FCA authorisation in 2018. Its vision is […]
Nationwide Say No To Bank Of Mum & Dad

Nationwide is said to be restricting the amount of money first-time buyers (FTBs) can use as a deposit that has been gifted to them by their parents – or the Bank of Mum and Dad as it’s more commonly known. It is believed that Nationwide is now asking FTBs to prove at least 75% of […]