Webinar: Introduction To Conveyancing
Topic: Conveyancing | Level: Beginner Conveyancing is a vital cog in the home buying and selling process yet is one that consumers are usually unaware of. Buying a home is a rare occurrence and therefore the majority of consumers find the process alien. When conveyancing departments are the authoritative voice and trusted experts, it is […]
Onshore Wind Is Back On The Agenda
For the last four years there has been an effective ban on onshore wind. Now the government have published the detail(1) of the proposed changes to the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme, it’s clear that one barrier to onshore wind is likely to be removed (the subsidy issue). Larger scale wind developments have not been […]
Landmark’s Financial Asset Search Service Helping Probate Professionals
Landmark’s Financial Asset Search service introduces both active and inactive consumer credit data for probate professionals. Landmark Information, the property, land and environmental data specialist, has today announced that, for the first time, probate professionals can now access Experian CAIS (Consumer credit Account Information Sharing) data as part of its trusted all-in-one LandmarkFAS (Financial Asset […]
Government Demand Age-Friendly Energy Efficient Homes
The government are launching a house building competition in order to encourage developers and builders to design elderly friendly homes for the future. Small businesses, designers and manufacturers have been given the brief of creating ‘new low-carbon, age-friendly homes, meeting the highest standards of design.’ The government hope the designs will consider the use of […]
Coronavirus Will Deter Third Of Buyers And Sellers
31 per cent of buyers and sellers will cancel their plans of moving home whilst the coronavirus is still spreading throughout the UK. Worryingly, whilst a third of potential buyers may postpone their activity in the market, a sixth have already reduced and stopped their activity, according to a recent survey of over 1,000 buyers […]
Government Back Law Commission’s Report Into Electronic Signatures
The government is in overwhelming agreement with the Law Commission’s report on the Electronic Execution of Deeds. The government will endorse the draft legislation regarding electronic signatures as being permissible and confidently used in commercial and consumer documents without primary legislation changes. The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice also accepted the recommendation […]
Groundsure Announces A New Trade Body, The Conveyancing Information Executive
Groundsure is pleased to confirm today its role as a founding member of the new conveyancing search industry trade body, the Conveyancing Information Executive (CIE). Along with the other founding partners, Groundsure has launched the new trade body in order to continue to progress professional standards surrounding conveyancing searches and the data used within them. […]
Moneypenny Strengthens Position In US Market
Moneypenny, the UK’s leading provider of web chat, answering services and outsourced switchboards for small and large businesses, has extended its services in the US with the acquisition of VoiceNation and Ninja Number. The details of the transaction have not been disclosed. VoiceNation is an award-winning bilingual telephone answering provider and Ninja Number is a […]
Freezing Order Used On £10 Million Property Portfolio
The National Crime Agency (NCA) has secured a freezing order on a UK property portfolio worth more than £10.5 million amidst money laundering concerns. The Property Freezing Order (PFO) will delay or permanently prevent the sale of 17 addresses scattered across Leeds, Cheshire and London, as a consequence of an ongoing investigation into Leeds businessman, […]
TA6 Guidance Impact On Property Sector
Last month, the Law Society published updated property information forms (TA6). Having reviewed the updates, a number of amendments regarding Japanese Knotweed were made to reflect the difficulty in diagnosing an issue with the invasive plant. Sections referring to the ‘eradication’ of any known infestation of the knotweed was replaced with ‘managing its regrowth’ to […]
Spring Budget SDLT Reforms Needed To Retain Buoyant Activity
The Chancellor has been urged to use the Spring Budget as a way of getting the UK moving with fears that economic and social factors could negatively impact the market in 2020. Outside influences had a profound impact on the property market last year, with political and Brexit uncertainty resulting in UK lending falling for […]
Legal Supplier Spotlight: Paralegal To Product Manager
The legal sector is reliant on legal suppliers to ensure a smooth and efficient service for their clients. Often, the technology and services suppliers provide will improve, secure and safeguard the home buying and selling process. Noticing a gap in the sector, many entrepreneurial legal professionals have stepped aside, determined to provide a solution for […]
Growing Revenues With Brighter Law
By Carole Ankers, Chief Product & Technology Officer, poweredbypie We work on the premise that conveyancers should convert around 70% of their estimates. Less than this, then there is a problem. Do you know who converts the most enquiries or who the top fee earner is in your firm? From experience of ‘crunching the numbers’ […]
SearchFlow To Host Continuing Competence Event
SearchFlow – the UK’s leading provider of conveyancing search solutions – is inviting property lawyers, conveyancers and legal secretaries to attend a free Continuing Competence Event that will focus on several important topics, including avoiding negligence claims, residential leases, Stamp Duty, local authority searches and emerging technologies. The event, which is taking place on Tuesday […]
26% Fall In New Build Sales Received For Registration
The number of new build sales received for registration in January 2020 fell by over a quarter compared with the year earlier. Of the 95,982 sales received for registration, 12,841 were for newly built properties, a 26.4 per cent reduction on the numbers from January 2019. Whilst the total figure represented an increase on both […]
Online Fraudsters Sentenced For £10 Million Push Payment Fraud
An unscrupulous gang of five online fraudsters have been jailed for ‘payment diversion fraud’ offences worth over £10 million. The North West London Economic Crime Unit identified a total of 235 separate frauds committed between 2014 and 2019, and totalling £9.2 million. The gang’s preferred method of attack was to introduce Malware to steal login […]
Amanda Hamilton Discusses Evolving Role Of Modern Paralegals
Once viewed as the assistant to a solicitor with a main aim of aiding them in the development of a case, the role of a paralegal is now unrecognisable. Gone are the days when a paralegal’s main function was to act as support or admin alone. Law firms are encouraged to fully utilise the expert […]
Mortgage Approvals Rise To Pre-Referendum Levels
Mortgage approvals for home purchases reached pre-referendum highs in January. The 70,900 mortgage approvals for house purchases, a key indicator for future lending, represented a 4.4 per cent increase when compared with the already buoyant December figures and indicated the highest approval rate since February 2016, according to the Bank of England’s (BoE) Mortgage Lending […]
Scanning For Proclaim Users Made Fast, Simple And Effective
Post Partner is a scanning solution specifically designed to help law firms digitise their daily post. It allows users to quickly and easily scan post and upload it to their case management systems. Post Partner looks set to significantly expand its customer base in 2020, having built a slick integration for the legal case management […]
Moneypenny Launches Live Chat Visualiser Tool
The UK’s leading outsourced communications provider to the legal sector, Moneypenny, has launched an interactive online tool to help firms visualise how a live chat service would look on their website. The technology is simple to use and just requires users to input a URL in order to see a real-time example of a live […]