Bluestone launches with LMS Secure Link® redemption statements to increase efficiency of conveyancing process
LMS, the UK’s leading conveyancer and panel management specialist, today announces that Bluestone Group, the specialist mortgage lender, is launching with LMS Secure Link®. LMS Secure Link® is an innovative messaging service, launched last year to streamline the conveyancing process and improve case query turnaround times. The service enables law firms to raise common post […]
Portfolio Service supports Greenwoods Legal LLP in meeting six-week completion deadline on substantial corporate transaction
Greenwoods Legal LLP recently called on tmgroup’s Portfolio Service when faced with 379 searches and meeting a six-week completion deadline as part of a substantial corporate transaction. Real Estate Head and Partner, Samantha East and Ewelina Kippen, Trainee Solicitor, at Greenwoods Legal LLP explains. The challenge The team was prompted to try tmgroup’s Portfolio Service […]
Why so many irrelevant, pre-contract enquiries? How to get out of the black hole quickly & efficiently!
The housing market in England and Wales appears to be returning to its 2019 pre-covid level, according to recent data provided by the Landmark Information Group. Allowing conveyancers to complete sales and purchases more quickly, after the fluctuations and delays caused by the pandemic. The housing supply at the end of March 2022 was 2% […]
FCA’s Consumer Duty to lead “major shift” in financial services
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed its plans to bring in a new Consumer Duty, which will “fundamentally improve” how firms serve consumers. It will set higher and clearer standards of consumer protection across financial services and require firms to put their customers’ needs first. The Duty is made up of an overarching principle […]
LeO set to reduce complaints cut-off to one year
The Legal Services Board (LSB) has announced that it has accepted the Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO) proposed amendments to the Scheme Rules, including the reduction of bringing complaints from six years to within one year. During the LSB’s final meeting before summer on the 19th July, the Board discussed proposals by the Office for Legal Complaints (OLC) […]
