A “National Conveyancing Week” would aim to educate the property industry and wider general public about the role of conveyancers in the home moving transaction and serve to restore some pride in a profession constantly battered by bad press and increasing scrutiny. At his Bold Legal Conference in London Rob Hailstone, who founded the conveyancing […]Read More
Key partnership formed as rollout of national network for the UK property market continues to accelerate. Coadjute, the blockchain network for the property market that is transforming the ease and speed of home purchasing, has joined forces with LexisNexis Enterprise Solutions, a leading provider of a flexible technology platform that powers optimised legal service delivery, […]Read More
When you run a business that is completely reliant on technology, you’d like to think you’ve got the whole thing nailed down. Stuff like hot stand-by boxes, redundant disks, uninterruptable power supplies (UPS), cloud-based infrastructure – it’s second nature, right? For those “just in case” moments. So there I was on Monday, looking forward to […]Read More
Over 100,000 property transactions have now completed using digitised register for local land charges as Northern regions set the pace. More than 100,000 property transactions have now benefitted from access to digitised digested local land charges data to make the property buying process simpler, faster and cheaper, according to analysis by Search Acumen, the property […]Read More
The latest UK House Price Index for April 2022 has been published. April data shows on average that house prices have increased by 1.1% since March 2022 and there has been an annual price increase of 12.4%, making the average property in the UK now valued at £281,161. In England, house prices have risen by 0.8% since […]Read More
In this week’s Today’s Conveyancer podcast, host David Opie is joined by marketing guru, Clare Fanner. Clare has held senior marketing roles in law firms and is well placed to provide her take on what conveyancers should, and shouldn’t(!) be doing, as well as the future of marketing in law firms. In her current role, […]Read More
Newly released data shows that housing programmes delivered by Homes England resulted in 38,436 new houses starting on-site and 37,164 houses completed between 1 April 2021 and 31 March 2022, as the sector began to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. Housing programmes delivered by Homes England saw an overall increase in starts and completions in […]Read More
Many businesses are still working out how to use their commercial premises in the post-Lockdown world, or whether they need them at all. The ability to get out of a lease is an important tool for Tenants in planning for the future. Lawyers need to be ready to offer the best advice to clients on […]Read More
Research by YourBusinessNumber has revealed that one in three property professionals have taken time off work due to fatigue caused by the pandemic property market boom, as a heavy workload and a lack of boundaries between their professional and personal lives cause them to burnout – some requiring over a week to recover. The good […]Read More
The Society of Licensed Conveyancers (SLC) has welcomed changes to the arrangements for insurers for the provision of Professional Indemnity Insurance (PII) for the Licensed Conveyancer profession. From 2023, firms regulated by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) will have to submit at least one application for PII two months ahead of the renewal deadline. […]Read More
The government’s long-awaited Help to Build Equity Loan Scheme becomes a reality with the launch of the first ever Help to Build Mortgage. Created by BuildLoan in partnership with Darlington Building Society and Homes England, Help to Build will be a game changer by helping people live in brand new homes they have designed themselves. […]Read More
Law Society of England and Wales president I. Stephanie Boyce reflects on the Women in Law Pledge, which currently has 46 signatories. I am delighted to mark the three-year anniversary of the Women in Law Pledge, which was launched by the Law Society in partnership with the Bar Council and the Chartered Institute of Legal […]Read More
The Australian competitions watchdog, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) have launched an investigation in to Dye & Durham’s acquisition of Link Administration Holdings, a 43% owner of e-conveyancing platform PEXA. In January 2022, Dye & Durham announced it had agreed to acquire Link for an estimated c$3.2bn. In a statement released on the […]Read More
In this episode of the Today’s Conveyancer podcast David Opie is joined by Ombudsman at The Legal Ombudsman, Jason Chapman. The Legal Ombudsman was introduced in 2010, replacing the Legal Complaints Commission and in the course of discussion Jason reveals that conveyancing is one of the most complained about areas of law In total the […]Read More
New research by Revolution Brokers reveals that, since 2016, the average stamp duty payment on buy-to-let homes has increased by £11,848 in England, and that in some parts of the UK, buy-to-let stamp duty costs are now almost 1,000% higher than that paid by primary homebuyers. In April 2016, the UK government introduced new rules […]Read More
The latest research from tmgroup, mio and Conveyancing Data Services (CDS) – “The New Normal” report – has revealed that property industry leaders need to step up to the plate and do far more to support their fellow professionals’ wellbeing. 20% completely let down by their employers In the survey of almost 800 property professionals, […]Read More
Boris Johnson has confirmed plans to extend the right to buy scheme to tenants of housing association homes. In an address yesterday Johnson said there are 2.5 million households whose homes belong to associations, and commented “they’re trapped, they can’t buy, they don’t have the security of ownership, they can’t treat their home as their […]Read More
Busiest financial year on record for conveyancers as transactions increase 60% for the average firm A 60% annual rise in property transaction activity saw the average conveyancing firm clock up its busiest financial year on record in 2021/2022, according to the Q1 2021 edition of the Conveyancing Market Tracker from property data and insight provider […]Read More
New prop tech start-up, YouConvey, which aims to make the home-moving process quicker and less stressful, has secured its second round of investment from Nova Growth Capital, taking the total amount of funding to over £300,000 since it was founded in 2021. YouConvey is a first of its kind collaborative conveyancing service, set to revolutionise […]Read More
The past 15 years or so have seen dramatic changes to the conveyancing arena. The economic climate and how it impacts upon property transactions is impossible to control and challenging to predict, but the changes that impact conveyancing departments always appear to come as a shock. But why is that? There was a time when […]Read More
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