X-Press Legal Services host free 3- part webinar series
X- Press Legal Services, the largest independent property search company is hosting a three-part webinar series free for conveyancing professionals which started in November. The webinar series entitled Sidestepping the Trapdoors of Client Onboarding is being held in partnership with law firm compliance experts, HiveRisk. Kate Burt, Founder of HiveRisk and Gavin Ball, Technical Director […]
Dye & Durham’s UK practice management solutions are winners of the 2023 ILFM Law Firm Software Users Award
Dye & Durham, one of the world’s largest providers of cloud-based legal practice management software designed to make managing a law firm, organising cases, and collaborating with clients easy, is delighted to congratulate Insight Legal and Quill – both Dye & Durham companies — for their continued recognition by the members of the Institute of […]
Bank of England hold base rate
The Bank of England monetary policy committee (MPC) have voted to hold the interest rate at 5,25% today. With inflation falling, and another announcement due next week on latest rate of inflation, many have suggested that interest rates may have peaked. The clearest indicator of confidence returning to the market is falling mortgage rates. Rightmove’s […]
Professions approach 2024 property market with caution
A cautiously positive outlook on the future of the property market is tempered by the current shortfall in sales as we head in to 2024 according to the latest Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors Residential Survey. The report points to the stabilising effect of holding interest rates on the mortgage market and the impact on […]
OnTheMarket sale “a pledge to do something truly transformational in the sector”
A challenger property portal to Rightmove and Zoopla has been sold to American data and tech firm CoStar. OnTheMarket was launched in 2013 and from the outset it was owned and funded as a mutual with the ambition to challenge Rightmove and Zoopla and become nationally recognised online property portal for consumers. Talks had been […]
Consultation on future of home energy efficiency modelling launched
A public consultation on updating the assessment criteria for energy efficiency, which in turn generates the information in EPCs, has been launched to gather views on updating the home energy rating system in the UK. The Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP) is the current system for assessing and comparing the energy performance of homes, and was […]
£1m investment in new office for Northern firm
A fast-growing Northern full service law firm is to invest £1m in relocating to new offices as it plans to create a “state-of-the-art environment” for its lawyers. Burnetts Solicitors LLP, which has offices in Newcastle, Carlisle and Cockermouth, is relocating the Newcastle office from its current location on Dean Street to 1 Citygate. The move […]
