Leasehold Experts Warn Reforms Could Take Years
Residential Leasehold Law experts advises Leaseholders not to wait around for the recent Law Commission reforms as it could take many years to materialise. Leasehold Law, who champion the rights of leaseholders and pursue their right to enfranchise, strongly aired their views on the proposed reforms believing wholesale restructure of leasehold issues is still years […]
8 In 10 People Consider Moving Thanks To SDLT Holiday
According to research conducted by comparethemarket has shown that 80% of those considering moving since lockdown began, are now more likely to move thanks to the stamp duty land tax (SDLT) holiday announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak. 57% of those surveyed also revealed the SDLT holiday has enabled them to look at higher value properties. […]
Leading Professionals Call On Governement To Clarity On Deferred Debts
The UK’s leading professional services group of independent chartered accountancy and law firms, the UK200Group, has called for the government to put in place measures for the handing of billions of pounds worth of business borrowing as a result of the pandemic. The issues surround how the government and their agencies are going to treat […]
New Copper Deposit Found In Cornwall
There are a number of potential new mining prospects appearing in Cornwall, which is reminiscent of the early prospecting days which created a lot of Cornwall’s wealth. Centuries later this mining legacy became the focus of the mining risk assessment businesses we see today (as well as forming the backdrop for enthralling storylines in popular […]
poweredbypie Sees Rise in Interest in Secure Online Conveyancing Communication Tool
Search and software provider poweredbypie, has seen a significant rise in interest in its online communication tool Document Portal, which enables simple and secure electronic exchange of all documentation within the conveyancing process. Carole Ankers, chief product & technology officer, poweredbypie confirms: “Document Portal is part of our Brighter Law toolkit which enables conveyancers to calculate and generate automatic, […]
The Cashroom Limited is expanding the services we offer
The Cashroom Limited is expanding the services we offer Credit Control! At the Cashroom we provide a full accounting service to the legal profession – from day to day entries, through compliance, management accounts and now credit control! Cash is one of the most important things in any business. Law firms are no different. From […]
Pre-Pandemic Criteria Reinstated At Shawbrook Bank
Shawbrook Bank has reinstated some of its pre-pandemic financial criteria, as the lockdown restrictions continue to ease. Shawbrook was amongst a number of lenders who tightened their lending criteria during the height of the pandemic, and altered a number of its other products. Emma Cox, Sales Director at Shawbrook, says although the impact of the […]
Stamp Duty Changes Appears To Have Increased Overseas Buyer Enquiries
Legal & General Mortgage Club has stated that there has been a significant rise in adviser mortgage searches for non-UK residents since the stamp duty holiday announcement. The SmartrCriteria tool, from the Club, has shown that criteria searches showed the fourth most search term was “visas” during the first week of June and the most […]
Surge In Conveyancing Vacancies
Since the 23rd July 2020, Today’s Conveyancer has been keeping track of the number of adverts that include the term “conveyancer” on recruitment website Indeed, which has shown an increase of over 34%. Estate agents and those in the industry have reported a surge in sales of property following the announcement of the stamp duty […]
Today’s Training: A Comprehensive Guide To Unregistered Conveyancing
Next month, Today’s Training will be hosting four webinars over consecutive week covering the conveyancing process regarding unregistered land, which is ideal for conveyancers who require a refresher on unregistered land. The course is also suitable for newly qualified staff who are unfamiliar with the process. The course counts towards your continuing competence, and costs […]
Covid Clauses Rising Due To Local Lockdown Risk
The law firm Devonshires, has seen a spike in the number of clients asking for Covid Clauses to be included into their contracts when moving home. It is believed the client’s reasoning for this clause is due to the threat of local lockdowns, which homebuyers fear could prevent them from moving into their new home, […]
Responses To Proposed Planning Reform
Following the white paper reforms to planning, we round up some of the responses by those in the industry. Yesterday the Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick (6 August) announced an overhaul to the planning system that would improve a currently “sluggish” systems and allow more development to take place quickly on brownfield sites, leaving green and […]
Investigation Into Furlough Fraud Begins
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is launching an investigation into property firms (and other organisations) to see if any of them have abused the furlough scheme. One of the ‘frauds’ HMRC is said to be looking into is the abuses of payments made as part of the scheme. Collyer Bristow has warned that: “[The] property […]
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 […]
The Impact Of Lockdown On Employee Engagement In The Legal Sector
Over the past few months, for employees whose responsibilities can be carried out remotely, working from home has long-since become the “new normal.” Like other businesses, many firms have had to adapt in order to keep functioning. Managing partners need to consider the impact of lockdown on a whole range of things, of which employee […]
