This morning Rightmove produced its half year results to the stock market and had given a good insight into exactly how strong the housing market is. From a conveyancers perspective Rightmove has over 940,000 properties listed on its portal and is as good a bell weather of the housing market as you are going to […]Read More
You never go to a conveyancing conference expecting flowers, blue birds chirping and the sweet sense of relaxation and ease waiving over you. The Law Society Property Section Conference today has certainly played to form. About 200 conveyancers listened to this mornings session as reminders were given about all the new obligations that are coming, […]Read More
On Sunday, Housing Secretary Sajid Javid announced measures to professionalise the estate agency market which may have a significant impact on the conveyancing market and our readers. This announcement was made by way of a press release with further detail to follow but is the outcome of the consultation completed last year by the Ministry of […]Read More
Five years ago this month, Today’s Conveyancer had a tentative start. Today we wanted to thank all our readers, advertisers and supporters for our growth. This month Today’s Conveyancer is surprisingly 5 years’ old and today we are a few hundred visitors away from 200,000 individuals to our website since launch. Who would have thought that […]Read More
Happy Christmas to all conveyancers. Lenders have sent you a gift effective today, the CML Lenders Handbook has changed with little notice, at an incredibly busy time and without addressing some of the issues that cause chaos in the home buying process. With only three weeks left to get home movers into their new homes […]Read More
"I would ask you to check it out and I believe that Veyo will be more efficient than you are presently using. Don’t take my word for it, come and check it out." Des Hudson, Chairman of Veyo. As most of our readers will be aware, the Law Society has formed a joint venture vehicle […]Read More
An owner of a dog described as “an integral part of our family” is pleading for his return following what appears to be a theft at the Law Firm Services Conveyancing Conference and Awards Ceremony last week. Whilst we are all aware that there are criminals within the conveyancing trusted community of professionals, we never […]Read More
Finally the ICO has issued a warning to lawyers relating to their observance or failure to observe Data Protection Legislation. In my opinion, it is something that has been a long time coming – due to the lack of basic observance of the obligations by many lawyers. So with a warning issued last week, it […]Read More
With the renewal (for the majority of solicitors firms) nearly upon us, it is worth just having a look at a few top tips for firms involved in the residential conveyancing market. Howden Windsor is one of the most respected expert brokerage for solicitors’ professional indemnity insurance so we are grateful that Steve Ray […]Read More
Following the AA being granted an ABS license last December the road recovery to insurance business has expanded into conveyancing. The web service for the service appears here. Consumers can obtain quotes 7 days a week and have an 8am to 8pm response time weekdays. The service also offers fixed legal fees and includes ‘mover […]Read More
HMLR data demonstrates a shrinking market of conveyacing firms and pressure on mid sized conveyancers. Data released last week from Land Registry shows that whilst over 4300 firms conducted conveyancing in May the bulk of the market is serviced by a much smaller number of firms. In May there were 77402 applications made to Land […]Read More
The Eastbourne Herald reported last week that Gaby Hardwick are investing £250,000 in an initiative to help them meet the rising demand for conveyancers. With the rise in conveyancing transactions of the last 12 months and smaller firms struggling to stay on panels firms like Gaby Hardwick are having to innovate to meet the […]Read More
The Law Society has published research this morning on the health and well being of solicitors. The research shows that nearly all solicitors (95%) suffer from stress. It also shows that nearly half (45%) go to work when they should be off sick. We doubt that this will come as any surprise to most conveyancers […]Read More
Calum MacLean works out of the London and Bristol offices of risk management specialists Locktons. Today’s Conveyancer spoke to Calum about why conveyancing law is a risky business…. How much of your work is with conveyancing solicitors? ‘We work with a wide range of solicitors – currently around 700 firms from sole practitioners right up […]Read More
On Wednesday 7th May Security Research Group plc (the owner of Property Search Group (PSG)) made the following announcement: “Security Research Group plc announces that it is to conduct a strategic review of its options concerning its wholly owned subsidiaries, PSG Franchising Limited and its subsidiaries and PSG Financial Services Limited. These options may include […]Read More
Beth Rudolf, Managing Director of DC Law comments on how the Mortgage Market Review (MMR) is causing delays for estate agents and conveyancers. With only days before the Mortgage Market review altering the ways in which mortgages are sold Beth Rudolf, Managing Director of DC Law has warned how it is causing delays for estate […]Read More
How might Land Registry operate post privatisation? Well last week Land Registry released over 3.2 million ownership records of freehold and leasehold land and property in England and Wales for a fee, this might give an insight into how Land Registry may seek to monetise the data it holds for us all in the future. […]Read More
The Management Board of the Society of Licensed Conveyancers (SLC) has endorsed the Conveyancing Association’s (CA) Protocol and is recommending its adoption by all Society members. The protocol is the first single reference point on best practice for licensed conveyancers and solicitors. The CA worked together with Connells, Move with Us, Countrywide and LSL Property […]Read More
myhomemove, one of the UK’s leading provider of mover conveyancing services, predicts that the launch of the Mortgage Market Review (MMR) will see a dramatic impact on the conveyancing industry, resulting in further polarisation. myhomemove’s predictions: • the top 100 firms will increase market share of the mover conveyancing market by 35%* • 15% of […]Read More
As many conveyancers struggle to fill conveyancing vacancies one of the larger conveyancers is investing heavily to ensure they have sufficient staff. Countrywide Conveyancing Services, is doubling its trainee intake for 2014 by enrolling 12 more applicants as part of its Trainee Lawyer Academy programme. The business took the decision to double the size of […]Read More
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