Be Kind, We Care
While the UK’s succession of lockdowns brought the shutters crashing down on many sectors, the residential property market remained very much open for business throughout the height of the coronavirus pandemic. Indeed, as a result of the rallying calls of Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick and Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s announcement of a Stamp Duty Holiday, many […]
Accelerating Legal Business Growth with Moneypenny and Leadersinlegal
Moneypenny has joined forces with LeadersinLegal to help legal firms access proven methodologies for accelerating business growth. LeadersinLegal provides exclusive groups for leaders of non-competing law firms and suppliers to law firms come together for peer-to-peer development and access to world-class business speakers and advisors. Law firms have been invited to take part in the […]
Homeowners pick up the pieces of £800k fraud
A fraudster has secured hundreds of thousands of pounds of illegal funds by cloning the identity of an unsuspecting homeowner and obtaining credit against their identity. Posing as the homeowner of a property for sale, the sophisticated fraud secured an £800,000 mortgage against the property which was advanced to a bank account which had been […]
‘Lack of speed’ ranked as the biggest problem in the property transaction
A survey conducted by OneDome has revealed that the lack of transaction speed is the biggest problem facing estate agents today. In a recent survey issued to over 5,000 UK-based agents, respondents were asked to rank the issues they face in completing property sales transactions. A majority of 74% chose ‘lack of speed of the […]
Lockdown easing sparks welcome surge in new vendor and landlord enquiries
New vendors surged 39.88%, or 47.47 points, to end the week on 166.51, some 67% above the average, 242% higher than the same week last year at the beginning of the initial lockdown, and 56% above the equivalent week 2019. Buyers jumped 16.92%, or 28.27 points, to close at 195.33, 95% above the pre-covid-19 average, […]
British Conveyancing Awards Sponsor Spotlight: inCase
In a series of Spotlight pieces, we are thrilled to introduce our supporters of The British Conveyancing Awards 2021 Alongside headline sponsor Lawyer Checker, we look forward to recognising individuals, teams and companies who have gone above and beyond to support buyers and sellers to move home during the most challenging year the conveyancing industry has perhaps […]