Top Digital Conveyancing trends for 2024
As more firms are accessing the benefits of digitising their conveyancing process, we’re seeing early adopters looking at what’s next, while firms still early in their digital transformation journey are picking up tried and trusted solutions. In 2024, there will be a continued emphasis on platforms and tools that help minimise risk, reduce errors, and […]
National Planning Policy Framework focus ‘beauty, infrastructure, democracy, the environment and neighbourhood’
Michael Gove has pledged today to get tougher on councils he feels are failing to enable housebuilding at the necessary level. In a speech delivered at the Royal Institute of British Architects, the Housing Secretary, Michael Gove announced reforms that try to juggle speeding up the planning process whilst ensuring communities still approve of proposed […]
Lenders to offer mortgages on building safety issue affected properties
Three high street lenders, Virgin Money, TSB and Skipton Building Society, have joined the commitment to offer mortgages on properties affected by building safety issues. Virgin Money, TSB and Skipton Building Society have added their names to a statement already signed by six major lenders which sees those affected by building safety issues being given […]
Michael Gove ‘threatens to strip councils of planning powers’
Michael Gove, the Levelling Up Secretary, has ‘threatened’ to strip councils of their responsibilities for planning when producing their housing plans, in an interview with The Times. Speaking to The Times, Michael Gove said that the proposals would mean that councils in England would have three months to put in place plans to meet their […]
Politics to blame for lowest new build stats in 20 years
Housing supply risks falling to it’s lowest levels since 2014 according to the latest Housing Pipeline Report from the Home Builders Federation, with fewer than 200,000 new build properties forecast to complete in 2024. The report highlights falls in metric around the number of new build sites and the number of units granted planning permission […]
Remortgage activity falls for consecutive month
Remortgage activity has fallen for a consecutive month in the run up to Christmas but there are positive signs for an uplift in Quarter 1 of 2024, according to the latest LMS Monthly Remortgage Snapshot. In a sign that borrowers are keen to fix their payments and take advantage of falling mortgage rates, 36% of […]
Legislation important to keep on the agenda in 2024
As we reach the end of the year, it’s natural to be thinking about what has passed and what might be coming over the horizon, particularly in terms of the market conveyancers might well be faced with, and some of the challenges that are likely to present themselves. At the CA we’re doing exactly the […]
