Rightmove House Price Index show new records set
• New national record for average price of property coming to market, with a 1.1% (+£3,534) monthly rise • Prices now 5.5% (+£16,818) higher than a year ago, the biggest rate of increase for over four years, with Rightmove now forecasting annual growth rate to peak at circa 7% by December • Activity levels also […]
Conveyancers asked to check protection following SIF closure postponement
As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the closure of new claims to the Solicitors’ Indemnity Fund (SIF) has been postponed until 30 September 2021. Although, the postponement gives conveyancers another 12 months breathing space. Simon Davis, President of the Law Society of England and Wales has revealed that this doesn’t resolve “the underlying problem” […]