Josh is the Journalist for the Today’s Group and writes many of the articles for Today’s Conveyancer. He graduated with a degree in Physics from Cardiff University in 2009 before training as a journalist.
He has previously written for The Times, The Mirror and The Daily Express.
The number of house transactions increased 12% month to month from January to February – twice the growth from December to January according to Your Move and Reeds Rains. According to Peter Williams and John
The Conveyancing Association has called for the Chancellor George Osborne to seek stability when it comes to the housing and mortgage markets in next week’s budget. The CA have also said they don’t want to
Broker Conveyancing have announced they’ve received 33% more sale instructions in the first two months of 2016 compared with 2015. Purchase and remortgage instructions are also up for the same period by 62%. Total instructions
The Solicitors Regulation Authority have said there will be no extension to the current insurance cover for closed firms beyond the present six year run-off period. Any practice that has shut since September 2000 without
Nearly half of UK companies have experienced a data breach according to the 2016 security pressures report from Trustwave. The survey of 1,414 IT professionals globally, including 204 from the UK, also found that unauthorised
The Solicitors Regulation Authority have announced they will be holding a free conference on new ideas and innovations in the legal sector. The event is set to take part at Millbank Tower in London at
Newport based Convey Law took home the “Winner of winners” award at this year’s Welsh Business Awards, organised by the South Wales Chamber of Commerce. Convey Law also picked up the “Commitment to Skills and
Mid Devon District Council have been voted the winners of the Customer Satisfaction Award at the Land Data 2016 Local Land Charges Awards. Solicitors and licensed conveyancers voted for the 9th annual award and were
Here are the most recent scam alerts issued by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). Email claiming to be from “The Thomas Higgins Partnership Solicitors” Emails over an outstanding invoice in the name of “The Thomas
Richard Hugo-Hamman has called on small law firms to get their act together to make themselves more profitable by ditching panel managers. The Executive Chairman of software provider LEAP says it’s the High Street firm’s
The Law Society have published new information on upcoming changes to the Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD). The EU-wide initiative brings a new framework of conduct for mortgage firms and is closely aligned with the UK’s
The Legal Ombudsman has published advice on how best to keep clients on side during the conveyancing process. Conveyancing accounted for 23% of complaints last year with the Ombudsman saying managing expectations is the key
Building society Tipton and Coseley Building Society have brought in LMS to manage their conveyancing panel. The Tipton was founded in 1901. As part of the collaboration, LMS will provide its general panel management service,
The number of purchases made by first time buyers has risen 39% on January 2015 despite recent falls of 4.8% from December and 7.3% on the three month average. The First Time Buyer Barometer, released
London based law firm Fitzalan Partners have today launched “The Solicitor Parter” which they say is a brand new type of comparison site for the legal sector. Residential property is the first area that Fitzalan
February saw growth in construction output fall to it’s lowest level since April last year. Jobs growth has also fallen to a two and a half year low with residential building work the weakest performing
The Law Society have released a new practice note covering Consumer Protection Regulations (CPRs). It covers new guidance in relation to the CPRs and its implications for practice and puts forward recommendations on a cautious
Builders have broken ground on My Home Move’s new £6 million conveyancing headquarters. The company, who refer to themselves as the UK’s leading provider of mover conveyancing services processed 1,984 transactions and conducted 3,169 searches
Two risk solutions businesses have merged their regulated businesses to “capitalise on each company’s experience and expertise.” Conveyancing Liability Solutions Ltd (CLS) and specialist underwriting agency Conveyancing Risk Solutions Ltd (CRS) will be offering a
Peter Goodman is founder and chairman of When You Move, a new Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) accredited conveyancing firm. A month after launch, he tells Jane Common how an innovative approach to technology will
The Law Society could be about to lose practising fee funding with the Ministry of Justice saying they intend for lawyers to no longer be required to make a financial contribution to their representative body.
Here are the most recent scam alerts issued by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). Letters and emails claiming to be from Clarke Willmott LLP The SRA has received reports of emails and a letter claiming
The Law Society has called on the profession to pay those undertaking work experience “where possible” to help ensure diversity in the profession. In a 2014 survey the Junior Lawyers Division of the Law Society
House prices have increased by 2.5% in January according to the latest figures from Land Registry. While building and planning permissions have all increased recently they are still yet to come close to government targets
49,015 mortgages for house purchase were approved in January according to Bank of England Stats published today up nearly 20% on January 2015. The number of remortgages approved also rose compared to twelve months ago,
The average estate agent is taking home twice as much as the average conveyancer, according to Property Week. The magazine reports the average residential agent working in both sales and lettings can expect average pay
The Conveyancing Association has launched a course aimed at getting Estate Agents and Mortgage Brokers to understand the conveyancing process after it emerged one in every five conveyancers and estate agents collectively view the process
One thing I have learnt from Property Law revision….I never want to become a conveyancing solicitor! — Adam Fawcett (@AdamFozz) February 21, 2016
The number of house builds started in Q4 of 2015 was 23% higher than in 2014 according to new figures released by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG). It brings the total number
The Property Codes Compliance Board (PCCB) recently expressed their concern at the number of local authorities that are causing delays to property transactions. This has provoked some debate within the industry, with several commentators subsequently
Paul Smith, CEO of estate agents haart says a shortage of conveyancers is holding up transactions with a long backlog starting to develop. haart’s market monitor for February recently revealed an estimated 35% surge in
Mortgage approvals up 38% on January 2015 The number of mortgages approved by high street banks was 33% last month compared with January 2015. The rise is being attributed to a rush on second homes