Dye & Durham launches free professional development webinars for conveyancers
Dye & Durham, the industry-leading provider of cloud-based, efficient workplace software for legal and business professionals, is launching a new free series of continuing professional development webinars for conveyancers in the UK. The webinars, hosted by Ian Quayle, CEO of IQ Legal Training, will cover a range of topical subjects – including everything from how […]
Land Registry to strike this week
HM Land Registry (HMLR) is amongst 124 government departments that will strike on 1st February amidst ongoing disputes over pay, pensions, jobs, and redundancy terms, the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) Union has confirmed. Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the PCS Union, said the PCS “warned the government our dispute would escalate if they did […]
Failure to prevent fraud set to become an offence
The government is set to add a “failure to prevent fraud” offence to the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill which is currently going through Parliament. The new offence could put white collar professionals – including lawyers – at risk of prosecution. Security minister Tom Tugendhat told MPs during the Bill’s second reading in the […]
Market showing “encouraging signs” despite December dip in transactions
New data from HM Land Registry (HMLR) has confirmed the number of residential property transactions in the UK dropped in December. The Land Registry said the provisional non-seasonally adjusted estimate of the number of UK residential transactions in December 2022 is 108,960. This marks a 3% month-on-month fall from November 2022. It’s also a 1% […]
Collaboration key to National Conveyancing Week
An outline agenda for National Conveyancing Week has been released with the event just 8 weeks away. Attendance is encouraged from around the property industry with the agenda providing a range of topics and speakers who will appeal to lenders, mortgage brokers, estate agents and conveyancers. National Conveyancing Week has been launched by Bold Legal […]
Japanese knotweed misrepresentation lands seller £200k bill
A seller who misrepresented the presence of Japanese knotweed on their £700,000 London property has been successfully sued for over £200,000. 41-year-old accountant Jeremy Henderson sold his Raynes Park property to 30-year-old furniture designer Jonathan Downing in 2018. Henderson stated at the time that there was no Japanese knotweed on the property. Downing, having planned […]
“We’re set to solve the riddle,” says proptech platform promising 4-week transactions
A new conveyancing technology platform has been launched hoping to “solve the riddle” and cut transaction times to less than four weeks. The platform – Conveyo – aims to “tap into the work being done at Land Registry” regarding the digitisation and automation of property data alongside pulling in the digitised Local Land Charge information. […]
New data tool set to “bring client retention schemes to life”
A new tool launched by property data firm TwentyCi could be set to address the “vacuum of market intelligence” within which conveyancers are said to currently operate. TwentyConvey say their tool uses data to offer firms’ management teams two advantages. Firstly, it alerts firms when former purchase clients newly list their properties for sale, something […]
Diary of a high street conveyancer: 30th January 2023
I had far fewer emails each day this week than I have had for ages. Is this a good thing? I did not have to work on Saturday which, when I thought about it, led me to realise that other than the holiday weekends (Easter, May and August Bank Holidays etc.), I have worked consistently […]
Tackling the data “vacuum” facing conveyancers
In this latest Today’s Conveyancer podcast host David Opie is joined by Richard Hinton. Known to many for his years in marketing and business development in the legal services sector, both in house and as a supplier, Richard discusses the “vacuum of market intelligence” that conveyancers face when it comes to using data to drive […]
The Lender’s Corner: Utilising existing stock to help the housing crisis
Everyone agrees that we need to build more homes – but let’s not forget about utilising our existing housing stock, says Leeds Building Society’s Director of Mortgage Distribution Martese Carton Addressing the supply of homes is not just about building more new homes. It is also about looking at how we can make more use […]
