Three tier Covid restrictions system announced by PM
Boris Johnson has addressed both Parliament and the nation today as he’s outlined his latest measures in a bid to simplify and standardize the rules regarding the Coronavirus restrictions implemented in England. The cases of coronavirus has quadrupled in the past four weeks, and the Prime Minister wants to do all he can to protect […]
Search Acumen comments on Conveyancing Standards Bill
Andy Sommerville, Director of Search Acumen, comments: “The proposed Conveyancing Standards Bill has the right message when it comes to ensuring consumer protection for people making possibly the single most important investment of their lives. Whilst property lawyers play a significant role, the responsibility should be shared with developers and local planning authority. “There is […]
Conveyancing vacancies exceed 900
Since the re-opening of the property market in May, no-one could have predicted the way the housing market exploded, with demand rising at an exponential pace. Pent-up demand and the Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) holiday were said to be the main contributing factors as all areas of the housing transaction pipeline came under strain […]
Tackling the Digital Identity Challenge
A new group aimed at tackling Digital Identity has been formed to address the need for an industry wide approach to the question of an assured digital identity verification. The Digital Identity Group, met for the first on the 1st October. The meeting, chaired by Stuart Young from Etive set the objectives: “Digital identity was […]
Covid-19 creating the biggest paradigm shift in UK property
The Covid-19 pandemic is creating the biggest paradigm shift in the UK property sector since the arrival of the internet yet, after the initial shock of lockdown back in March, the return to work in May has seen large parts of the industry simply revert to the way things were before. In my opinion this […]
Latest updates for conveyancers on Local Authority turnaround times
The largest local search data company in the UK, OneSearch Direct, keeps conveyancers abreast of Local Authority turnaround times. Following the opening of the property market back in May, the pent-up demand and Stamp Duty Land Tax Holiday caused a huge strain on the sector, causing increasing delays at various points in the buying and […]