Upcoming events with Women in Residential Property

Women in Residential Property are hosting two webinars over the coming weeks, as well as lunch on 21st April. 24th February – Women in Residential Property: taking the bravest step. A webinar on the hights and lows of starting your own business. Hear from three inspiring women who successfully run three very different businesses. 11:30am, […]
Vote opens for Today’s Conveyancer Industry Champion

The public vote for the “Today’s Conveyancer Industry Champion”, sponsored by Move Reports, is now open. The category is one of a number of new categories at this year’s British Conveyancing Awards, sponsored by Dye & Durham, and is one of two awards which will be entirely nominated and voted for by you, the conveyancing […]
Rightmove HPI: biggest monthly price increase for 20 years

The price of property coming to market has risen by 2.3% this month (+£7,785) to a record £348,804, the biggest monthly jump recorded by Rightmove in more than 20 years. The property website says that prices are now 9.5% higher than a year ago, the highest annual rate of growth seen since September 2014. This […]
Annual remortgaging data predicts busy 2022 market

LMS’ 2021/2 annual Snapshot reveals remortgaging activity trends across 2021 and gives predictions for the 2022 market. Key activity in the remortgage sector last year included increased instructions as borrowers shopped around for better deals. Completions also increased as industry capacity grew, and cancellations decreased as the market stabilised. The average monthly payment decrease for […]
One in five property transactions will fail, according to new research

Property purchasing specialist, HBB Solutions, has revealed that one in five property transactions will collapse, costing UK homebuyers and sellers £880.4m in 2021, a £74m increase on the previous year. HBB Solutions analysed the number of property transactions to fall through on an annual basis, the cost of this collapse and how it compared to […]
Sale listings increased by 80% in January

The number of homes coming onto the market rose sharply in January, according to new research published by Propertymark. Data collected from its members shows an average 80% increase in new instructions per branch, up to 9 in January from 5 in December. The increase comes after three months of decline. Registrations by house hunters […]
AML checks cost the property market £15.5m last year

Credas Technologies, an identity verification service, has revealed that there were an estimated 5.5m anti-money laundering (AML) and identity checks conducted across the UK property market over the last year, at a cost of £15.5m. AML and identity checks have been a legal requirement since April 2018, when the European Parliament passed the Fifth Money […]
Developers must pay, says Gove

Gove announces that developers of unsafe blocks who “can afford to pay” will be forced to cover the costs of removing dangerous cladding from buildings. The housing secretary, Michael Gove, has announced proposed changes to building safety legislation and commented that developers are “continuing to profit” while families in leasehold properties struggle to pay for remediation […]
20 minutes with Eddie Goldsmith

In this latest Today’s Conveyancer podcast David Opie speaks to conveyancing industry personality Eddie Goldsmith. Eddie has just launched a new service aimed at better engaging home movers in their transaction; reducing the admin for conveyancers and speeding up the transaction. 40 years in the making, YouConvey is currently being piloted with Eddie commenting “Over […]