Feast to Famine. Can this be avoided?
The past 15 years or so have seen dramatic changes to the conveyancing arena. The economic climate and how it impacts upon property transactions is impossible to control and challenging to predict, but the changes that impact conveyancing departments always appear to come as a shock. But why is that? There was a time when […]
Jules Harris joins the integration team at inCase
With over 20 years of experience in the legal sector, including a law firm and as the Scripting Specialist for Solicitors Own Software Limited (SOS), Jules will be supporting our clients to get the most out of inCase and their case management system. She brings a wealth of knowledge to her new role with us, […]
RICS: house prices set to rise despite drop in demand
Demand from prospective house buyers fell in May 2022, a potential side effect of the rising cost of living and higher interest rates, although house prices in the short term are expected to rise – this according to the latest UK Residential Market Survey (May), from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Respondents reported […]
Good morning with Minerva – a conversation with Tom Lyes from the Armalytix
In the third of our short webinar series with people from our industry, we are going to be chatting with one of our technology partners, Tom Lyes, Head of Legal and Property at Armalytix. These short snappy, chatty gatherings are our way of bringing to you the experts in their field, a conversation on the […]
Confessions of a cyber conveyancer
Every now and again you get a brilliant idea. When it happens, like your birthday – you feel uniquely special for the rest of the day. You implement it and for a week or so you bask in the glow of your own assumed brilliance. Then it just becomes part of the day job and […]
Conveyancing Association launches 2022 Lender Survey
Conveyancing Association launches 2022 Lender Survey to improve mortgage and conveyancing process The Conveyancing Association (CA) announced on Monday the launch of its 2022 Lender Survey to identify where the industry can collaborate to improve the mortgage and conveyancing process. Each year, the CA asks conveyancers to complete the survey which includes questions that rate […]
Rowlinsons Solicitors strengthen management team
The Cheshire based firm has made two senior appointments in newly created roles as they look to grow the practice and expand their in-house management expertise. Michelle Fisher has joined the Property Department as Conveyancing Manager. Michelle brings with her over 25 years of experience in residential property, having qualified as a Solicitor in 1999 […]
Pandemic peak in property fall-throughs subsides
Property sale fall-throughs down on pandemic peak but will still cost homesellers £788m this year. Market analysis from property purchasing specialist, HBB Solutions, estimates that property sale fall-throughs could cost the UK property market £787.7m in 2022, despite signs of an early decline in the actual volume of transactions affected. A fall-through is a property […]
Government remains 120,000 homes short of new-build target
The latest new-build sector insight by the new-build sales optimisation platform, Unlatch, has revealed that the Government has continued with its “woeful efforts” where new-build delivery is concerned, missing its latest target in 2021 by -39% – a shortfall of almost 120,000 homes. Unlatch analysed data on the number of new home completions seen across […]