National Conveyancing Week 2023 concludes
National Conveyancing Week, launched to raise the profile of the conveyancing community across the home moving industry, has concluded with a closing message from founder Rob Hailstone, and David Opie calling on the conveyancing profession to adopt the messages, marketing activity and momentum beyond National Conveyancing Week and throughout 2023. The video, which can be […]
‘Significant AI investment could change everything’: Q&A with Managing Director at Search Acumen
Following the Spring Budget’s heavy focus on AI investment, we discuss with Andrew Lloyd the changes that technology could bring to the legal and property sectors. Q. What are your thoughts on last week’s Budget? First of all, I was pleased to hear the Government recognise the impact and power that technology and AI have […]
The evolution of the drainage and water report
Launched in 2002, the CON29DW has become a key report in the array of searches conducted by conveyancers and property practitioners over the past 21 years. Owned by The Law Society, the suite of CON29 searches covers enquiries of local authorities, residential and commercial drainage and water enquiries, and coal mining enquiries. Pre-2002 drainage and […]
HM Land Registry: Celebrating conveyancers
As this week is the first National Conveyancing Week, we wanted to take the opportunity to join others in showing our appreciation for all those who work in the profession. It has been a tough few years that has seen unprecedented sharp rises in volumes. And yet conveyancers have found a way through. Millions are […]
LMS DART successfully processes over 16,000 remortgaging cases
LMS, the UK’s leading conveyancing services provider, has today announced that its Decisioning and Automated Remortgage Technology (DART), has already processed more than 16,000 remortgaging cases. It has reached this milestone seven months after the initial launch, and LMS is now collaborating with seven law firms and six lenders to process cases and support further […]
The Conveyancing Association: Celebrating National Conveyancing Week
I’m writing this slap bang in the middle of the inaugural National Conveyancing Week and I can’t think of a better time to be holding this series of events which make up the week, and to be highlighting conveyancing and its role within the whole property buying/selling process. Indeed, as I write, conveyancing firms up […]
Japanese knotweed ‘doesn’t need to be a dealbreaker’
A couple that recently sold their flat stated that “you shouldn’t have to knock the price down significantly” when selling a property with Japanese knotweed. Homebuyers and sellers are taking an increasingly pragmatic approach when confronted with Japanese knotweed, meaning it’s no longer the dealbreaker it once was, reports invasive plant specialist Environet. As the […]
