Liz Truss announced as next Prime Minister

Liz Truss has been announced as the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Ms Truss was today declared as the winner of a contest for leadership of the Conservative Party between herself and Rishi Sunak, former Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Sir Graham Brady, chair of the 1922 Committee. This comes following Boris Johnson’s […]
HMLR: digital conveyancing could be “the norm” within three years

HM Land Registry has launched its strategy to deliver vision of a more efficient, fully digital property market supported by a modern land registration system, with secure paperless buying and selling of property potentially becoming “the norm” within three years. The current homebuying process does not meet some basic expectations for a modern, professional service. […]
Mortgage approvals climb in July

Mortgage approvals increased slightly in July, according to data released by the Bank of England on Tuesday. This is the latest showing of the housing market’s resilience amidst the turbulent economic environment. July 2022 saw 63,770 mortgage approvals, 586 higher than June’s figure of 63,184. This is, of course, 14.4% lower than the 74,494 approvals […]
Conveyancing Association seeks industry views on conveyancing process

The Conveyancing Association (CA) – the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry – has launched a new survey of all conveyancing firms asking them to share details of the conveyancing process they follow and their views on a number of topics. Having garnered the views of its membership, the CA is now broadening the survey […]
Nationwide HPI: housing market refuses to die down

The Nationwide House Price Index for August has been released which shows prices have risen by 0.8% each month after taking seasonal effects into account, showing the 13th consecutive monthly increase. Average house prices have also shown to have risen by almost £50,000 in two years having been £224,123 in August 2020 to now being £273,751. […]
Study finds 23% of homebuyers not asked to provide identification

A study has found that a significant proportion of UK homebuyers aren’t being asked to provide ID when purchasing a property, let alone having their ID properly verified. The survey of UK homebuyers asked when purchasing their last property, “did the selling agent ask the homebuyer to provide ID, such as, but not limited to, […]
Diary of a high street conveyancer; 5th September 2022

The joy of being a conveyancing solicitor – but also the frustration of being a conveyancing solicitor – is that you never know what any day will bring. Take this as an example… On Friday, I had my day planned in my head – well, I think we all do that to some extent, but […]
Who really cares about climate change?

As one of the most divisive subjects of recent times climate change is a challenging topic for many of us. When it comes to conveyancing there is a feeling of dread. Is this yet another issue conveyancers need to report on to clients? How much is it going to cost in terms of expense and time when […]
Conveyancing firms must grow their own talent to manage increased business

Post pandemic everyone wants to move house. Data published last month by the UK Government shows that in the financial year 2021-2022, 438,240 residential transactions took place compared with only 292,090 in the year 2019-20 (+33%). For the conveyancing sector, these figures provide further evidence of what they have experienced over the past 12 months: […]