SLC Conference to go ahead as in-person event
The Society of Licensed Conveyancers (SLC) has confirmed that this year’s conference is going ahead as a physical event at the Riverside Centre in Derby on Wednesday 17th November. With the introduction of appropriate steps to protect against Covid, and an excellent line up of speakers and Panel sessions on offer, bookings for the Conference […]
So…you think that mining risk is only a rural thing?
It is easy to assume that, if your client’s property is in an urban area, your due diligence on the transaction would not need to involve purchasing a mining report – but Groundsure’s vast collection of historical mining data tells a very different story. Coal mining and all other types of mining (such as tin, […]
Conveyancing Fraud Red Flags
This week a particularly shocking case of a man’s house being ‘stolen’ was reported by the BBC. The staggering realisation that a person’s house can literally be sold without their knowledge is headline grabbing. But when we look at the way this potential crime could have happened, it’s easy to see when the right circumstances align […]
Quicker conveyancing fuels record transaction volumes
Smaller sales pipelines have sped up home moves by as much as a month according to property portal Rightmove. With the conveyancing “log-jam” starting to ease, the average time from a sale being agreed until a purchase completes has dropped from an average of 154 days in July to 127 days in October. The average […]
“Stolen” home highlights ID verification failure
A BBC investigation has uncovered how a homeowner’s identity was stolen resulting in his property being sold with the perpetrator pocketing the £131,000 proceeds of sale. Talking to BBC Radio 4’s “Your and Yours” the Reverend Mike Hall explained how he was working away and had been alerted to the fraud by neighbours who contacted […]
UK and US survey reveals ESG concerns and priorities for corporates and law firms
A survey of over 200 senior leaders in US and UK corporates and 100 law firms found Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) priorities are clearly more important now than 12-months ago, yet only 11% of corporates suggested that it is due to having targets in place to improve ESG performance. The study, commissioned by data […]
