Conveyancer Insights and Carton Consultants announce partnership

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Conveyancer Insights are delighted to announce a partnership with Allan Carton of Carton Consultants to help clients interpret and capitalise on the findings of our Premium Market Insight Reports. Allan Carton wrote the Law Society’s first “blueprint” on marketing conveyancing services in 1997 and has been advising law firms, conveyancers, and estate agents on how […]

Lease enlargement: An ntitle case study

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In the first of a series of case studies on unusual titles by title investigation outsourcing service ntitle, we will be discussing the concept of lease enlargement. What is lease enlargement? The concept of lease enlargement allows a tenant with a long lease satisfying various conditions to transform their leasehold interest into a freehold interest. […]

Unmasking the Enablers: Combatting money laundering

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Money laundering has received significant news coverage in recent years. However, amid the exposés of criminal activity and financial misdeeds, the role of enablers is often overlooked. These bad actors facilitate the laundering of illegal activity for corrupt individuals and organised criminal networks, helping them, in some instances, evade taxes and maximise the profit and […]

Groundsure to offer conveyancers climate risk training in conjunction with Legal Eye

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Groundsure is entering into a training partnership to deliver certification content with compliance services and risk management provider Legal Eye. Groundsure, an environmental and climate data authority, will provide training and education for legal teams on climate risks and the duties they owe their clients via a module hosted on Legal Eye’s Training Academy platform. […]

Property repossessions up as much as 30% year on year – report

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New data has revealed that the number of homes being repossessed across the property market in England and Wales remained largely static since interest rates started to climb, although with an increase of 30% since December 2021, Yorkshire and the Humber has seen the largest uplift of all regions.  House Buyer Bureau, property purchasing specialist, […]

First-time buyers turn to TikTok for housing advice, research shows

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New research has found that the nation’s first-time buyers are turning to social media platforms, such as TikTok, as a source of advice and guidance when tackling the alien task of homeownership. The survey of first-time buyers, aged 18 to 35 to have purchased a home in the last year, commissioned by the Gradual Homeownership […]