Using Facebook Marketplace To Market Properties
A free webinar promoting the importance of agents using Facebook Marketplace is being hosted by OneDome at 9.30am on Thursday 18th June 2020. The webinar will provide attendees with information from Facebook Marketplace guests, who will explain about the key benefits of using OneDome and its sister website Nethouseprices to list properties on the social […]
Remortgage Instructions Continue To Grow
Rightmove released data this week which showed that estate agents had managed to agree no fewer than 40,000 sales in the last four weeks. With new home sales, comes the task of looking and applying for mortgages, although part of this step is already undertaken first. As such LMS, the conveyancing solutions provider has published […]
Estate Agent Directors Disqualified
Stephen Jones Director at Richard Worth Estate Agents and Neil Mackenzie Director at Michael Hardy Estate Agents have been disqualified by the Competitive Market’s Authority (CMA) after they both took part in an illegal price fixing cartel. The pair worked at the agencies from September 2008 to May 2015. A CMA investigation discovered, that it […]
Hackers For Hire Target Law Firms
Law firms are still the firm favourites and proverbial jewel in the crown for cyber criminals. It appears, in the latest cyber report that hackers for hire, named ‘Dark Basin’ by researchers, have set their sights on the legal industry. The group is said to have used the notoriously common and most successful cyber crime […]
Wilford Smith On What Clients Want From Conveyancers In 2020
The typical homebuyer is savvier than ever; they want a proactive service with quick turnarounds and regular updates, and they have the tools at their fingertips to help them find a service that meets these requirements. As the demand for efficiency and innovation in the conveyancing process increases, market disruptors are stepping in to meet […]
The ESTAS Awards Goes Virtual For 2020
The biggest awards for the agency sector – The ESTAS which was due to take place on 15th May will now be a virtual event on Friday 3rd July and will be free to watch. Founder of The ESTAS Group Simon Brown explains: “We thought long and hard about holding a postponed live event and […]
40,000 Sales Agreed In Four Weeks
It’s been four weeks since the English property market re-opened, and the latest data from Rightmove suggests that Estate Agents have managed to agree no fewer than 40,000 sales in this time. The data also revealed that although we’ve only had a fortnight in June in which to trade, sales are running at just 3% […]
HBSG To Look At Property Logbooks
It seems that property passports, or logbooks for residential properties is starting to pick up some speed as a working group has been set up to look specifically at the issue. Following on from the Hackitt report’s recommendation for a digital record for every building – what Hackitt called a “golden thread of information” – the […]
Increased Opportunity For Chartered Surveyor Apprenticeships
The Chartered Surveyor Trailblazer Apprenticeship Group has collaborated with the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education and academia, to increase opportunities for those looking to join the surveying professions. People with any form of undergraduate degree will now be able to access degree level surveying apprenticeships, giving them an opportunity to earn whilst they learn. […]
Remote Working Will Continue Long After Lockdown
It may not be a huge surprise that remote working could be here to stay for the foreseeable future, as the legal sector has quickly adapted to the lockdown restrictions imposed to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. In DPS’s report ‘How COVID-19 has affected the UK Legal Industry‘, it reveals that UK law firms […]
Today’s Conveyancer’s Weekly Sentiment Survey Results
The latest results from Today’s Conveyancer’s Sentiment Survey. Thank you to everyone who has taken part. To take part in this week’s survey please click here. One month on from the re-opening of the property market, there have been a raft of positive signs that the market is improving, with estate agents seeing valuation enquiries […]
Re-Opening Of The Property Market – One Month On
Today, Friday 12th June marks one month since the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Robert Jenrick, officially re-opened the English property market by lifting restrictions on the estate agents, as well as the buying and moving process. It’s safe to say the property sector was waiting with baited breath for this announcement […]
Delays To The Transfer Of Property During Covid-19
Following news that the number of transactions for value applications at Land Registry had been nowhere near close to the average for April, we asked conveyancers to let us know how they had been coping. During the final week for March there had been over 55,000 applications completed, however this had dropped dramatically in April […]
Movers and Shakers – 12 June 2020
Here at Today’s Conveyancer, we wanted to share with you the good news we’ve had within in the industry of professionals joining firms and those who have moved up the promotional ladder. This week we’ve seen the following announcements with regards to appointments and promotions: Neil Newman – appointed as Director of Development and Innovation […]
Glimmer Of Home For Stamp Duty Changes?
There may have indications from the Government that Stamp Duty could be reformed within the tac changes in response to the pandemic. Conservative MP Alberto Costa, in a written question to the Treasury asked the “potential merits of introducing a stamp duty holiday for people purchasing new homes as a means of stimulating the economy […]
Property Market To Be Connected By Blockchain
Technology firms dezrez, dezrezlegal, MRI Software, Reapit and Redbrick Solutions announce they will join Coadjute platform Following announcements by Coadjute that they will connect the UK property market by blockchain, estate agent software providers dezrez, MRI Software and Reapit; and conveyancing software providers dezrezlegal and Redbrick Solutions announce they will be the first to explore […]
Professor Stephen Mayson Releases Reform Review
Today, Thursday 11th June 2020, Professor Stephen Mayson, Honorary Professor of Law at the University College of London (UCL) has released an independent review entitled ‘Reforming Legal Services: Regulation beyond the echo chambers‘. You can get access to the report here. Introducing the report on his website, Professor Mayson wrote: “In 2016, the Competition & […]
‘Property Passport’ Set For Rental Properties
A system for rented properties which enables landlords and tenants to check the information on rental properties is said to be one step closer to being implemented. It has been announced that the government is set to open up it’s Unique Property Reference Numbers (UPRNs) system, which it previously kept secret. The Lettings Industry Council […]
Neil Newman Appointed As Director Of Development And Innovation
Professional membership body, the Institute of Paralegals (IoP) announces the appointment of Neil Newman as Director of Development and Innovation. Neil becomes a key member of the IoP’s Executive Management team and is responsible for the global growth and development ensuring the Institute continues to connect effectively with the profession. Most recently, he was Director […]
Property Market Continues To Bounce Back
Latest figures reveal that the English property market, is continuing to bounce back following the lockdown and continuing coronavirus pandemic. The Yomdel Property sentiment tracker, has revealed that demand from vendors and landlords has risen to all time highs. This coincides with tenants and buyers also joining the hunt for their next property, as a […]