Loughborough Building Society Joins LMS Panel Link

Today, LMS announces its most recent partnership with Loughborough Building Society, a well-established lender that’s supported homeowners since 1867. For over 150 years, Loughborough Building Society’s priority has remained with its customers, and now, by utilising LMS’s products, the business can continue to evolve with its borrowers’ buying and remortgaging needs, ensuring it provides them […]
Compass – Client Care with No Exclusions

Think about the term ‘Client Care’. It’s the shorthand we use to describe that initial letter you send to your client. It lays out what you’ll do, how much it will cost, and how long it will take. It reassures the client of your bona fides, your complaints procedure and your expertise. It’s designed to […]
Practice guide update: PG11

Inspection and application for official copies (PG11) Page summary: How to apply to inspect or obtain official copies of leases and charges referred to in the register (practice guide 11). Change made: The guide has been reformatted to ensure the digital routes for official copies are explained before reference to paper-based applications, reflecting HM Land […]
For Sale – Rightmove subject to REA Group takeover interest

Property portal Rightmove has confirmed listed Australian company REA Group is considering a ‘possible cash and share offer’ for the business – the value of which could be as much as £4.4bn according to reports. In a statement published today (2nd September) REA has said there are ‘clear similarities between REA and Rightmove in […]
Law Society outline TA6 consultation next steps

The Law Society of England and Wales have written to all those who registered for the TA6 consultation to outline plans and timescales for the next steps of the process. The Law Society have engaged a third party company to conduct the research and report back its findings ahead of any proposed amendments to the […]
New Homes Accelerator to “unblock up to 300,000 new homes”

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has announced the creation of a taskforce to accelerate the building of thousands of partially built new build homes and thousands more stuck in the planning system. The New Homes Accelerator brings together teams from the Ministry of Housing and Homes England and will work across government and with local […]
Summer tempers transactions but demand on the up

Summer appears to have tempered property transaction volumes with a marginal month-on-month decrease for the second month in a row, falling by less than 1% from 91,220 in June 2024 to 90,630 in July 2024 according to the latest HMRC UK monthly property transactions commentary. But with the election a distant memory and a cut […]
Coup for consultant style firm as it brings in respected headhunter

Alternative Legal Services Provider (ALSP) Bamboo has announced the appointment of respected headhunter Liz Smith to develop the group’s approach to recruitment.Liz brings over 25 years’ experience in talent acquisition and development within the legal sector to her new role at Bamboo. ALSP’s, also know as consultant-style firms, have grown significantly in popularity in recent […]
Fine for solicitor who acted on both sides of property transaction

A solicitor who acted on both sides of a property exchange has been fined by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) for breaching Principle 7 of the SRA Principles 2019, failing to act in the best interests of each client. Stephen Vasey, a solicitor and partner at Walter & Plaskitt Solicitors in Stoke, was acting for […]
Speed up cladding remediation deputy PM tells regulators

An industry roundtable convened following the major fire at flats in Dagenham has been told regulators and partners must speed up the remediation of unsafe buildings. Deputy Prime Minster Angela Rayner and Building Safety Minister Rushanara Ali attended the roundtable, which also hosted West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker, Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester Paul Dennett […]
Diary of a High Street Conveyancer – Don’t Look Back in Anger

What a furore this weekend with the sale of Oasis tickets. I am not a big fan but a friend decided to get tickets and I felt that I lived through the pain of that experience. Initially, he had to register to get tickets but was not lucky enough to get into the pre-sale ballot. […]
AML and sanctions data collection – What you need to know

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has recently requested law firms complete an anti-money laundering and sanctions data collection exercise. The SRA is required by Office for Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering Supervision (OPBAS) to take a risk-based approach to supervision and is requesting firms complete the requested information as full as possible. It will, they say […]