Bolton and Bury-based law firm Clough & Willis has made another appointment in its growing residential property team with the news that Fiona Jackson has joined to lead the conveyancing service at its Little Lever Read More
Mental health and wellbeing best practice discussed in latest Conveyancing
Companies in the legal, property and conveyancing sectors who have all been commended for their work in boosting wellbeing and supporting mental health have been sharing best practice with The Conveyancing Foundation. In the Foundation’Read More
The RICS July 2021 Residential Survey results reveal a slightly softer month for new activity across the housing market. Although a decline in activity is to be expected following the end of the stamp duty holiday Read More
I have spent the last few days thinking about what we do and how we do it. Conveyancing is not glamourous – to be honest, I cannot remember the last time I wore a suit to Read More
The number of Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) tax investigations by HMRC has fallen by 75% in the last year, from 2,096 in 2019/20 to 529 in 2020/21, the lowest figure in five years, a Freedom of Information request from Read More
HM Land Registry has released details of changes to several Practice Guides in this week’s update. Notices, restrictions and protection of third-party interests (PG19) This guide gives advice about how to apply for a Read More
A “Polluter Pays” amendment to the Building Safety Bill is under consideration in government and would place the costs for cladding remediation on the construction industry. The Bill would enable government to pursue developers and Read More
HM Land Registry has released its 2021-2024 Business Plan in which the plan to move further toward automated registrations, is outlined. The plan identifies 4 key elements in automating the process digital applications trust in the Read More
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has obtained a High Court Order to remove hundreds of HM Land Registry charges, notices and restrictions registered against consumers’ properties by illegal money lender Dharam Prakash Gopee. The Financial Read More
Halifax has just released its latest house price index data, which provides a view on July’s housing market, following the exceptionally high levels of activity we witnessed in June. The data found that average Read More
The latest quarterly Property Market Intelligence Report published by Reallymoving finds that the first time buyer market has bounced back to pre-pandemic levels despite rising house prices. The report, which collected data from 27,000 conveyancing quotes Read More
Surging house prices over the last year have loosened London’s grip on the high-value property market, according to analysis of official data by Search Acumen, the property data and insight provider. The residential property Read More
Unexplained wealth orders were introduced four years ago to help tackle the problem of money laundering by high net worth individuals, often with foreign and political connections. Here, Ellen Sanchenko, Criminal Litigation and Regulatory specialist Read More
Should your conveyancer answer the phone? According to Bernadette Bennett, head of legal at Moneypenny and Claire Yates, consultant and conveyancing founder of CY Training Works, the answer is unequivocally no. “Technical conveyancing skills and Read More
According to a December 2020 HM Treasury and Home Office report, money laundering is a “fundamental threat to the country’s future security, resilience and prosperity”, costing the UK economy an estimated £37 billion per year. A Read More
The number of property transactions registered in England and Wales climbed 20% over the last quarter, rising to 290,248 in Q2 2021, up from 241,916 in Q1 2021, according to the latest edition of the Conveyancing Market Tracker from Search Read More
Regulators really are busy at the moment! Solicitors Regulation Authority Another five firms have been fined for AML breaches, which follows on the heels of six that were recently fined £800 each with £600 costs; it is Read More
Salcombe in Devon is the next in a string of second home hotspots to tighten its planning rules by seeking to enact section 106 agreements on new build properties. St Ives, Fowey and Mevagissey have all Read More
The Equity Release Council has published its Q2 2021 equity release market statistics which show that lending is nearing pre-pandemic levels as existing customers return to the market. Statistics show an increase in consumer confidence as 20,352 Read More
This guest post has been written for the OneSearch Risk Series by Philip Huddleston MRICS, Director of PinPoint Coal Ltd. With changed economic and political influences, coal mining has now virtually ceased in the UK. Read More