HMLR webinar: all you need to know about fees – in six minutes
HM Land Registry have announced their latest free webinar on their new new Fee Order. This six-minute “bitesize” webinar provides guidance on the changes to land registration fees which took effect 31st January 2022. It will cover: The background to the fees review The implications for Scale 1 fees The changes to Scale 2 fees Other […]
More upfront information is needed now, to prevent devastating fall-throughs
A firm specialising in the provision of upfront information has said that, while the first changes to upfront information are happening, it is not until full material disclosure that we are likely to see any impact on lowering fall-throughs. Gazeal argues it is still many months away and, in the meantime, sales are continuing to […]
Redbrick Solutions announce latest release of award-winning conveyancing case management
Redbrick Solutions have announced the release of the latest version of their award-winning case management solution. The launch of the 24th version of Redbrick Practice Management includes a number of enhancements, functionality and new integration to benefit clients and assist them in offering quality legal services. The new features include: eDRS enhancements: the eDRS integration will now […]
Perfect Portal wins Innovation of the Year at the British Conveyancing Awards
Perfect Portal was announced as the winner of Innovation of the Year at the British Conveyancing Awards 2022. The company was praised for its cutting-edge digital TA6 Part 1 form, VOF, VOI, and e-signature allowing clients to complete an integral part of the transaction more quickly and efficiently than ever before. The digital TA6 Part […]
Rightmove: best spring sellers’ market as prices reach new record
Rightmove’s March House Price Index report reveals another new price record as the average price of property coming to market jumps by 1.7% (+£5,760) this month to £354,564, breaking through the £350,000 barrier for the first time. The average monthly rise is the largest seen at this time of year since March 2004, pushing the […]
Homebuyer confidence dropping
The latest data from the Building Societies Association (BSA) Property Tracker Report shows that confidence in the housing market is at its lowest since the Report began at the height of the 2008 financial crisis and has more than halved over the last 12 months. According to the data, just 18% of people think now […]
Housing supply bounces back
Propertymark’s latest analysis of February’s market activity reveals a slightly rosier picture for the property pipeline as we move into the spring months. The report shows that the average number of properties listed per Propertymark member agent branch increased by 21%, whereas sales agreed are up from seven per branch in January to eight in […]
Bank of England raises interest rates to 0.75%
The monetary policy committee of the Bank of England raised interest rates from 0.5% to 0.75% on Thursday in a move to combat the escalating cost of living in the UK. This is the third interest rate rise in four months and takes rates to their highest level since the beginning of the pandemic. This […]
National Leasehold Campaign welcomes CMA success on onerous ground rents
The National Leasehold Campaign (NLC) welcomes the announcement from the CMA detailing that, as part of their ongoing work into leasehold mis-selling, they have reached agreement with 15 freeholders that bought leases with onerous ground rent terms from Countryside. NLC founder and spokeswoman Katie Kendrick, a children’s nurse from Ellesmere Port said: “Today’s announcement demonstrates […]
Conveyancing success celebrated at British Conveyancing Awards 2022
The British Conveyancing Awards, sponsored by Dye & Durham, brought the conveyancing industry together en masse for the first time in 2022 in a celebration of excellence up and down the country. Hosted in the very heart of Westminster at the fabulous Church House, the awards showcased the cream of the conveyancing crop through a […]
Russian Sanctions – what do conveyancers need to know?
In this latest Today’s Conveyancer podcast David Opie is joined by AML expert Amy Bell to discuss what conveyancers need to know about the rising response to the Russia/Ukraine crisis, particularly as more and more sanctions are placed on Russian individuals. Amy, who is a Director at Teal Legal and a member of The Law […]
