Diary Of A High Street Conveyancer – March 25
Wednesday It is interesting that notwithstanding the Government announcement , some people still want to move. We all know how busy it is coming up to a holiday period and it seems that there are some clients who are thinking that while they are off work for the foreseeable future, they could make good use […]
Transactions Set For 60% Decline By Quarter 2
By the time the coronavirus is under control and social distancing restrictions are lifted, UK property transactions would have fallen by 60 per cent. According to the latest ‘UK Cities House Price Index’ by Zoopla, current restrictions will mean that reduced activity will cause transactions in the second quarter of the year to be down […]
OPBAS Publish AML Report
Earlier this month, the Office for Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering Supervision (OPBAS), published its latest report on its efforts to tackle money laundering. The report detailed that improvements had been made in the legal and accountancy professions, but professional body supervisors (PBS) were falling behind their peers. Thus, these areas need to do more to […]
Pickfords Suspending Operations Following Government Briefing
Tuesday 24th March 2020 saw one of the oldest functioning companies in the UK suspended their trading following Government guidelines. Pickfords, a removal and storage company working internationally, announced that with immediate effect, all of its operations in the UK and Mainland Europe have been suspended until further notice. Over the next three weeks, there […]
Diary Of A Highstreet Conveyancer – Tuesday 24th March
Tuesday Before I went to bed last night, I checked my emails, and there were already many from clients who are due to move. Easter is always a busy time and I already had in mind those clients who I thought could move before the Easter holidays. I was still working on the basis that […]
Government To Suspend Home Moves
The government is set to suspend all future home moves in a bid to halt the spread of Covid-19. Yesterday morning, Michael Gove suggested that key property stakeholders could continue completing home moves and transactions because the government had, as of the time, not realised guidance to the contrary. However, a senior civil servant at […]
Diary Of A Highstreet Conveyancer – Monday 23rd March
Monday Leaving the house this morning, I marvelled at how glorious the weather was – it was sunny but with a chill in the air. There was no traffic due to the schools being closed and it felt like a day in the holidays. And then I switched on my computer to find two emails, […]
CMA Revealed Some Within Leasehold Sector Refused To Co-Operate
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has sought to collect substantial information throughout the leasehold sector in its investigation into leasehold mis-selling, however it has revealed that ‘key players in the sector’ refused to co-operate. Simon Jones, the Head of Litigation at the CMA, revealed at the Westminster Legal Policy Forum: “We gathered a lot […]
Search Companies Complain About Water Search Response To Virus
In the light of reduced services some water companies are suspending free walk-in mapping services and charging search providers for digital alternatives. Severn Trent water have followed governmental advice and suspended their mapping terminal service in both Coventry and Wrexham from Friday March 20. The water provider apologised for closing their asset information services and […]
Advice For Remote Working Conveyancers
Is your law firm prepared for remote working? Bars, restaurants, clubs, gyms and social spaces have been asked to close by the government with all employees advised to work from home wherever possible. With over 7,400 law firms in the UK holding client money and all legal professionals and their workplaces storing extremely sensitive personal […]
Introducing Compare My Move’s Account Manager Stuart Burns
Compare My Move, a lead generation service and comparison site for conveyancing, surveying and house removals, have been working with conveyancing partners since 2018. The company has seen exponential growth in its conveyancing sector in recent months, having had a record month in February, with an 80% increase in conveyancing partners, and the hire of […]
Diary Of A Highstreet Conveyancer – Thursday 19th March
Thursday And so it starts. The Government has made announcements that we are not to socialise in pubs and clubs. What is a lawyer to do? The chat after office hours about the latest cases and trying to put the legal world to rights. I feel as if I am living in an episode of […]
£360 Million Boost For Welsh Government
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak has outlined the additional funding for Welsh Government, enabling it to deliver better support for public services and invest in transport. £360 million will be made available through additional funding to the Welsh Government, £55 million of that will be for a Mid Wales Growth Deal. The Chancellor of […]
Mortgage Holidays And Protection For Tenants and Landlords
In the last 48 hours, the Government announced unprecedented measures to protect homeowners, renters and landlords who are affected by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Homes England confirmed that mortgage lenders had reached out to support their customers, who are experiencing personal financial hardship due to Covid-19, by agreeing to mortgage holidays – and those struggling […]
Diary Of A Highstreet Conveyancer – Wednesday 18th March
Wednesday In difficult times like these, it is important for conveyancers to talk with each other. We have all got so used to emailing and we all struggle with the deluge of emails – it is like someone standing on the other side of your desk throwing letters and documents at you continuously throughout the […]
Simply, Searches, Sorted
Q&A with Sarah Fancourt, Director of Customer Success, Poweredbypie 1) Tell Us About Your background I’ve worked in the search production industry since 2006. At poweredbypie I was a channel manager before becoming director of customer success at the end of last year. I now have overall responsibility for the 64 strong team at poweredbypie’s […]
Search Acumen Comments On CLC
Andrew Lloyd, Managing Director of Search Acumen, comments on the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) Conveyancing 2030 paper, where it was recognised as a key player in the digitalisation of the industry: “The potential for transforming the property sector over the next ten years is huge. We discuss three central changes in data, skills and […]
Diary Of A High Street Conveyancer – 17th March 2020
Being a conveyancer is like putting together a very large jigsaw puzzle – the pieces to that puzzle are all held by others and the conveyancer has to wait for those pieces to come from others – those pieces do not always come in the same order and sometimes the jigsaw has different pieces. Add […]
Regulators Update Guidance On Business Continuity Approaches
Regulators try to offer consistent guidance to the property sector as the government try to help businesses with measures worth over £300 billion. On day three of the government’s promise to provide regular daily updates on the developing situation, the Chancellor has pledged at least £330 billion to help businesses and the NHS is set […]
Coronavirus Update
In light of the current national and global COVID-19 pandemic we would like to inform you of our position on the situation. Rest assured, we will continue to provide you with an excellent service. Pali is in a fortunate position whereby both our internal and user-facing systems can be accessed remotely. Our sophisticated technology enables […]