Future Climate Info Partners with Ashfield Solutions Group to Launch Property-Specific Flood Appraisal [for Flood Further Actions]
Future Climate Info (FCI), a leading provider of environmental search reports for the property market, has partnered with like-minded environmental risk consultancy Ashfield Solutions Group (Ashfield) to launch the FCI Flood Appraisal, providing an affordable solution where a flood risk is identified in an initial environmental search report. With 1 in 6 properties at risk […]
Conveyancing Association urges all member firms to endorse HBSG buying and selling pledges
The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today urged all its member firms to endorse a series of home buying and selling pledges for property stakeholders, designed to make the progress of transactions as quick and smooth as possible. The pledges have been put together by the Home Buying […]
Does The Conveyancing Industry Have To Consider Digital Assets?
A friend recently showed me a CCTV app connected to a home camera with a startlingly clear image of a kitchen. However, it wasn’t the clarity of the picture that I found so shocking. It was the fact that it wasn’t actually my friend’s house that we were peering into. It was one he had […]
Conveyancing Vacancies Grows Exponentially
Conveyancing jobs has doubled since the end of July, according to the Indeed website. Over the last few months, Today’s Conveyancer has been observing and monitoring the number of recruitment adverts that included the term ‘conveyancer’ had been placed on the Indeed website – and since the end of July until towards the end of […]
Ground Gas: The Lessons From Loscoe
In 1986, a bungalow in Derbyshire was completely destroyed by a landfill methane explosion, badly injuring the three occupants inside the home. This now famous and near-tragic incident served as a low-water mark in landfill management practices and site investigation. We review the explosion, the lessons learnt and consider how far we have come in […]
Home Buying and Selling Group launches new industry pledge
Home Buying and Selling Group launches ground breaking industry pledge to support home movers in England and Wales Since lockdown, the HBSG has been working with the home moving industry to help ensure the home moving market operates as well as it can during Covid-19 and beyond. The group produced pan-industry guidance on the day […]
HMRC Transaction Data Shows Continued Uptick in Demand
Transaction data released by HRMC shows that the property market in England and Wales was 15% busier in August than July, with the Stamp Duty holiday a major contributing factor to the increase. The figures, which are around 16% lower than August 2019, continue to show the upward trend which is being reported around the […]
National Paralegal Awards 2020 Winners Enjoy A Virtual Celebration
The cream of the crop of the paralegal profession was celebrated at the annual National Paralegal Awards hosted live by the Professional Paralegal Register on last Friday 18th September. Now in its second year, the awards ceremony, is one of the showpiece events in the legal sector calendar, highlighting the important role paralegals play within […]
Recover For The Future Not The Past
Covid-19 has presented the world with the worst health crisis in over a century, prompting governments and business leaders to work closely, pool resources and limit the impact of the virus. Amidst the chaos, it has acted as an unexpected catalyst for several changes in some of the UK’s leading sectors. The property sector has […]
Simplify Expands With Gordon Brown Law
Simplify, the UK’s largest conveyancing and property services group, has acquired the conveyancing business of Gordon Brown Law Firm (GBLF). Gordon Brown Law Firm, based in Gateshead, are one of the largest and most respected conveyancing focused law firms in the North East of England. David Grossman, chief executive officer at Simplify, said: ‘I’m delighted […]
Minerva Makes Its Times’ ‘Debut’ With Ryder And Dutton Estate Agents
Post lockdown lead times are a headache for conveyancers but moving day could happen far faster for those law firms who use Minerva. Since the government’s Stamp Duty Tax freeze back in July, there has been a surge in property listings and sales. A Sunday Times article this week, has highlighted the need for the […]
7 Powerful Strategies To Increase Your Residential Conveyancing ‘Quotes Prices’ And Still Get ‘Yes’
by Ian Cooper, Britain’s most experienced law firm skills trainer, consultant and author of the new book ‘Lawyers: Win New Business Immediately, Without Any Marketing Costs’. What if there was a way to increase your ‘conveyancing quotes’ fees and still get potential clients to say yes? What if this was the case, even if you […]
Solicitors’ Role Critical To Saving Clients Thousands On Stamp Duty Land Tax
Purchasers of residential and commercial property can be left out of pocket by as much as £80,000 if Stamp Duty Land Tax liability is miscalculated or wrongly classified, but property search specialist, Kate Bould, says residential and commercial property lawyers and conveyancing specialists can get it right if they use the right support and tools. […]
Struggles In The Legal Sector: Attracting And Retaining Top Talent For Law Firms
Not inaccurately, the legal sector is often viewed as highly competitive and challenging, especially when it comes to the career structure associated with traditional law firms. But just because someone studies for a law degree doesn’t mean a career in law is what they’ll go for. Even junior associates can end up being drummed out […]
Land Registry Update Practice Guide 19
HM Land Registry (HMLR) have updated the Practice Guide 19, after amending section 3.1.5 – Notices, restrictions and protection of third party interests (PG19) clarifying the use of a ‘wet signature’. The update specifies that a ‘wet ink’ signature is always necessary for a certificate required for a Form LL restriction The previous version of […]
Time Is Running Out To Begin Property Transactions
The end of the stamp duty land tax (SDLT) holiday at the end of March 2021 seems such a long way away at the moment. Even with the mini housing boom that we’re experiencing at the moment, the time it takes to market a property and begin the conveyancing process is timely with many homeowners […]
Search Acumen Launches Data Snapshot
Data Snapshot launched to help real estate lawyers and conveyancers identify risk early on and progress transactions across England and Wales to meet rising demand Search Acumen is integrating new data sets into ForeSite platform to further expedite the legal due diligence process on real estate transactions Lawyers can harness over 45 public datasets to […]
MPs Report Tackles Growing Concern Of New Build Property Defects
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) recently released a briefing paper report after major concerns about the quality of new-build housing. The briefing paper looks at the building control regime and how customers’ can get redress after finding numerous defects in their newly built home. The paper also gives a synopsis of what APPG found following […]
Webinar: Adopting A Digital Culture In Conveyancing
On 6 October at 12noon, this webinar (hosted by our Associate Member the Council for Licensed Conveyancers) will hear several case studies touching on various aspects of operating a digital conveyancing practice, including: Digital Onboarding AML / Source of Funds / ID Verification Client Communication during the transaction Cloud Telephony & Computing Remote working and […]
Clients Encouraged To Shop Around For Legal Services
The Legal Services Board (LSB), recently published its Prices of Individual Consumer Legal Services in England and Wales 2020: Wave 3 of a survey of prices for commonly used legal services report, in which it highlights regional price variations for “what is fundamentally the same service”, and encourages the public to shop around for their legal […]