Thames Water Property Searches are here to help you through a busy autumn.
As we head into the last quarter of the year – traditionally a busy period for conveyancing with buyers and sellers keen to move before Christmas – it’s important to prioritise research into any potential issues affecting a property’s true market value. A plethora of factors has led to an increasingly fast-moving housing market as […]
Should conveyancers auto enrol clients onto the Land Registry Property Alert service?
A recent case in which a homeowner had their property “stolen” by a fraudster has placed property fraud at the top of the agenda again for conveyancing firms. The fraud, which was reported on the BBC’s “You and Yours” programme, pocketed the fraudster £131,000 after a fraudster impersonated the legal owner of a property and […]
Save The Date 15th March 2022: The British Conveyancing Awards Returns
Who would decide to launch a new awards ceremony in a pandemic? And who sought to recognise the incredible work our industry was doing throughout the SDLT holiday; long hours, weekend working, and the impact on our mental health and well being. Today’s Conveyancer did. We listened to our under-appreciated audience and made the bold […]
What is a UPRN? And how can it help conveyancers?
A UPRN is a Unique Property Reference Number. Unlike a Title Number, a UPRN can connect a whole range of property related activities such as surveys, sales and paperwork, to one unique ID. UPRN’s might be best compared to the number plate on a car. A unique reference point to which a range of information […]
HMLR announce price increase from Feb 2022
HMLR have announced that their fees are to rise from 31st January 2022 for the first time since 2009. The increases have been levied against applications for first registration and for the registration of transfers, leases and mortgages of property (scales 1 and 2). In an effort to continue to move the industry toward greater […]
Diary of a High Street Conveyancer; 8th November 2021
I was all prepared to write about additional enquiries and then I was side-tracked by the news about a house being sold not by the owner but by an ‘imposter.’ The summary of the story is a home owner, Reverend Mike Hall, was alerted to the fact that there was building work being done in […]
Squid Game, ‘green light, red light’ – The journey to regulation!
After 9 months we are finally approved and regulated by The Council of Licensed Conveyancers. It hasn’t been easy, on occasion it felt we were participating in a new level of Squid Game, ‘green light, red light’ I hear you shout. After the ‘tug of war’ through PII renewal we ended up with two quotes […]
Property professionals placing promising emphasis on wellbeing initiatives
The early results of an industry-wide piece of research has revealed that property professionals have made significant changes to their wellbeing offerings in the wake of the covid-19 outbreak. Conducted by tmgroup and mio ‘The New Normal’ survey, running until 22nd November 2021, has already attracted responses from over 300 property professionals – including residential […]
