New webinars to reveal conveyancers’ must-have habits for managing residential risk
In the ever-evolving conveyancing landscape, legal firms find themselves navigating a minefield of potential risks. Pressure continues to mount on these firms to meet heightened obligations in preventing and identifying financial crime, all while safeguarding their clients’ material interests throughout the transaction, underscoring the complex challenges they face. Property search and data specialists, tmgroup and […]
British Conveyancing Awards 2024 – Shortlist 1
The shortlist for the upcoming British Conveyancing Awards, sponsored by Groundsure, will come out all this week as the countdown begins to the 4th edition of the prestigious event. At 9am every day this week a number of the category shortlists will be revealed with the full list published on Friday 2nd February. Commenting on […]
Martello partners with Ashfield to supply ‘expert flooding consultancy’
Environmental search provider for conveyancers, Martello has announced its latest partnership with Ashfield Environmental Consultants. Ashfield Environmental Consultants brings “expertise and proprietary data”, particularly in historical flooding and proposed defences. This partnership enables Martello’s clients access to additional desktop analysis for properties identified as high risk. Aaron Jones, Director in charge of flooding risk and […]
Martello Partner Spotlight: Property Searches North East
We at Martello really enjoy our collaboration with Property Searches North East (PSNE), so want to shout about it. PSNE are a leading independent provider of conveyancing searches. Celebrating their 20th anniversary since their establishment in 2003, PSNE stands as a beacon of excellence in the property information sector. With a comprehensive suite of conveyancing […]
Shortlist for the British Conveyancing Awards 2024 from 9am
The shortlist for the upcoming British Conveyancing Awards, sponsored by Groundsure, will come out all this week as the countdown begins to the 4th edition of the prestigious event. At 9am every day this week a number of the category shortlists will be revealed with the full list published on Friday 2nd February. Launched in […]
New sales up 13% after seasonal December slump
The return of seasonality to the property market after the inconsistency of the last couple of years was in evidence in the run up to December, before a positive start to 2024 saw a 13% increase in new sales year-on-year. The latest Propertymark Housing Insight Report, covering December 2023 identifies a fall in the number […]
IFS calls on government to reform SDLT
Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Paul Johnson, has recently called on the government to reform Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT), as reported in an article from The Times. He recently shared his insights on the potential tax cuts proposed by UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, particularly in the context of the housing market. Johnson’s […]
Controversy over proposed 99% mortgage scheme amid housing market concerns
Ahead of the Spring Statement on the 6th of March, there have been rumours of a prospective 99% mortgage scheme. The scheme, reportedly propped up by Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt, would only require borrowers to put down a 1% deposit on their first home. The policy is set to go even further than the […]
73% of home sellers more motivated to sell in 2024, research reveals
New research has found that selling a home in 2024 was the key priority for half of those surveyed. While 38% of home sellers admitted to having put off their plans to move, 73% are now more motivated to do so in 2024, with the search for their onward purchase topping their to-do list. Foxtons […]
Ground rent should be set at a peppercorn value, Propertymark argues
Propertymark has responded to the UK Government’s consultation on ‘Modern leasehold: restricting ground rent for existing leases’ arguing that setting ground rent at a peppercorn value will lead to a fairer leasehold system. Following the King’s Speech in November 2023, the UK Government set out plans to reform the leasehold system in England and Wales […]
The ex-conveyancer’s view: Launching a new technology platform
Today’s Conveyancer podcast host David Opie is joined by former-conveyancer Chris Scantlebury, the founder and director at conveyancing platform ProConvey. Chris explains how he has moved on from front line conveyancing to develop ProConvey; an digital conveyancing tool that helps conveyancers and estate agents better collaborate. Having spent 10 years “down the mines” at the […]
Diary of a high street conveyancer: 29th January 2024
Conveyancing is not always about the law – yes, we need the law to underpin the work we do each day but a lot of what we do is a process. But every conveyancing transaction is different and that is because all properties are different and all people are different. How client X reacts to […]
