Search Acumen launches new digital onboarding solution eCOS following its acquisition by InfoTrack
Search Acumen, the property data insight and technology provider, has added electronic client onboarding solution (eCOS) to its suite of digital conveyancing tools, equipping legal firms with a fast, digital process to communicate with their clients. The launch represents the first technology-sharing arrangement between the business and its new owners, InfoTrack, one of the world’s […]
Why does Planning matter?
Why does Planning matter? Change is inevitable. We don’t always like it, and some may oppose it. It’s not really being told about the change that should concern us but how we understand it within the bigger picture and whether that change will have an impact, be that good or bad. Ignoring the future to […]
Dealing with Residential Leasehold Properties 2021
Another unmissable webinar for conveyancers Busy conveyancers are feeling the pressure to keep up with the latest developments in law, and webinars are proving to be a very convenient way of learning. It is for this reason that Stewart Title has been working with property expert Ian Quayle to produce free webinars for over a […]
Diary of a High Street Conveyancer; 2nd August 2021
This week I have been thinking about what I would like to change about my working life, or probably more what I would change if I could about the way in which conveyancing is done. The problem of having done the job for so many years is that you see how it changes over time, […]
Working Better Together!
As we all know, the market has seen phenomenal activity over the last 18 months, with extreme ups and down, and not much in between. So now, after the end to the race to meet the Stamp Duty holiday deadline, the vaccine programme and ‘Freedom Day’ moving us ever closer to a realistic normality, what […]
Time-saving tips to speed up your applications from HMLR
HM Land Registry have released their latest blog outlining how conveyancers can speed up the time to process applications and reduce delays, In a list of “top tips” Darren Standring, from the Customer Policy Team, provides some helpful pointers designed to ease frustrations around delays for everyone. To save time when submitting applications and reduce […]
The Digital Transformation of Conveyancing
The pandemic brought a revolutionary shift in the adoption of new practices to support working from home. While the conveyancing industry, like others, rapidly embraced digital technology solutions to enable remote work, many of those solutions also helped the industry cope with increased transaction volumes due to the Stamp Duty Holiday. Ben Carroll, Managing Director […]
Fraud and computer misuse crimes rise by more than a third
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) Crime Survey for England and Wales showed that there were an estimated 4.6 million fraud offences in the year ending March 2021, a 24% increase compared with 2020 figures. The survey also revealed that fraud and computer misuse offences have risen by more than a third in England and […]
