Consumers face high price premium when purchasing new builds
Price gap between new builds and existing properties in the UK reaches £64,6241 Andy Sommerville, Director at Search Acumen, says: “This latest data illustrates the level of the price premium consumers often have to swallow when purchasing a new build. “The wide gap between new build and existing property prices can be partly attributed to […]
Landlords surge in UK property market
Landlords stormed back into the UK residential property market in the past week to reach their highest level since last September, while vendors and buyers recorded their first drops of 2021 as uncertainty over whether the stamp duty holiday would be extended together with a gloomy economic outlook further dented confidence in the lockdown-weary country, […]
Property professionals struggling behind the scenes of a buoyant market
The findings of the new ‘Thriving in a Pandemic’ report, recently published by tmgroup and mio, have highlighted that the market has not been able to cope with the sheer volume of transactions brought on by the post-lockdown and Stamp Duty holiday surge. Despite creating unprecedented demand for property services, and helping the industry to […]
Entries are now open for the British Conveyancing Awards
We are excited to announce that the entries for the British Conveyancing Awards are now open! The exclusive awards seek to discover and recognise outstanding achievements, highlights progressions and champions innovations amongst firms and individual private professionals across the Conveyancing sector. As a way to celebrate the opening of the entries, Today’s Conveyacer are pleased […]
Updated practice guides
HMLR have updated their Execution of deeds (PG8), practice guide. Page summary: Advice on the execution of deeds that are to be submitted to HM Land Registry (practice guide 8). Change made: Section 10 has been expanded slightly to clarify the position in respect of counterparts. Section 12 has been amended to confirm that a deed […]