DP Conveyancing Are Winning More Work With Redbrick Solutions
Founded in 2016 by Dawn Pickett and Peter Effard, DP Conveyancing & Property Law Ltd are a modern, innovative and dedicated firm of licensed conveyancers. Based in the North East, they have grown rapidly over the last couple of years and now have offices in Gateshead and Newcastle (Benton), enabling them to cover the whole […]
LEAP Celebrates 2000 UK Law Firms
The appetite that law firms in the UK have to embrace the cloud and leverage technology to improve their firms is best demonstrated by the fact that more than 2000 law firms in the UK and Ireland have now made the switch to LEAP. First launched in January 2015, this is the fastest uptake of […]
Equity Release Increasingly Bank Rolling First-Time Buyers
The amount of older home owners that have benefited from considerable increases in the value of their homes, are also using this equity to help their younger relatives become first-time buyers. In fact, when the figures, obtained by Canada Life, are compared with 2017, they indicate that 0.3% more equity release customers are using the […]
Secret Owners Have Purchased Over 95,000 UK Homes
Despite increased attempts to crack down on money laundering, the opaque and murky reality of UK property ownership was made clear this weekend with the announcement that more than £56 billion (taken from Land Registry statistics in 2017) worth is secretly owned. Based on current property prices, this secret haul could be worth more than […]
Over 25% Of SMEs Fail To Implement Any Cyber Security Measures
Only 8% of small to medium sized law firms have failed to implement any cyber security measures last year. In comparison, over a quarter of the UK’s small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have no cyber security measures or strategies in place. However, according to the ‘Would you be Ready for a Cyber Attack’ survey, commissioned […]
Brexit Uncertainty Continues To Stifle Housing Market
The usual buoyant residential spring market has failed to spring into action. Instead, continued uncertainty around the UK’s future in Europe is stifling the property market and subduing transaction figures. According to the most recent housing index, by Rightmove, property prices crept up nationally by only 0.4%. This figure is 0.3% below the five-year average […]
First-Time Buyer Mortgages Decrease In February
According to the latest mortgage report from e.surv, in the month to February the number of loans approved has increased by 3.8%. Although the mortgage market continued to grow in February, there are indications that political uncertainty is having an affect on confidence in purchasing property at this moment in time. The report found that […]
Legal Eye Director Completes Lead Auditor Course
Legal Eye’s Director of Business Development, Jody Evans, has completed the ISO27001 Lead Auditor course. The achievement comes hot on the heels of Jody’s recent success in passing the stringent Lead Implementer course for the information security standard. Jody’s qualification strengthens Legal Eye’s ability to support law firms across the UK in setting up, maintaining […]
Terrafirma speed up the Conveyancing process with their enhanced CON29M
Terrafirma is delighted to reveal the most advanced CON29M yet, available from the 2nd April 2019. In July 2018, Terrafirma became the first non-public body to be licensed to produce an official CON29M and over the past year, our experts have been working hard to push the boundaries of what is possible within a CON29M […]
Brexit Storm Clouds Continue To Dent Consumer Confidence
With the door locked on a no-deal Brexit, at least for the time being, and an EU extension until May very likely, it is unsurprising that Brexit is viewed as the biggest challenge facing the housing market in 2019. According to February’s Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey, 77% of respondents cite […]
Sellers Deprived Of £1,945 With Every Failed Housing Transaction
A recent report has claimed that one in six UK housing transactions are currently falling through and failing to complete. Although these figures are more conservative than government estimates that speculate somewhere between a quarter to a third of housing transactions fail each year, it highlights a clear and persistent problem with the home buying […]
Zero Prosecutions Made Using Stricter AML Rules
The UK National Crime Agency and the Home Office have been under immense scrutiny in recent months regarding their perceived inaction concerning new anti-money laundering regulations that were introduced in June 2017. Since that time, there have been no prosecutions made, according to a recent Freedom of Information request (FoI). The FoI request, made by […]
Avenue Coking Works Remediation: Making The Impossible Possible
In its heyday, the Avenue Coking Works in Chesterfield produced about 1,400 tonnes of coke and 765,000 m3 of manufactured gas per day. When the 98 ha industrial plant closed after 36 years in operation, the legacy it left behind was one of the most polluted pieces of land in Europe. We examine the complex […]
Celebrating Legal Success Manchester
Landmark Information was delighted to be a sponsor of this year’s Manchester Legal Awards, which is organised by the Manchester Law Society. Sponsoring the ‘Barrister of the Year’, regional manager Tony Rollason was delighted to present the winning trophy to Kate Blackwell QC, Lincoln House Chambers. The Manchester Legal Awards 2019 are firmly established on […]
Mortgage Lenders Fearful Of Commonhold Property
Following the Law Commission’s ‘Commonhold: A Call for Evidence’ request, the report has found that mortgage lenders are anxious about lending money to commonhold properties amidst fears over increased insolvency risks. The nightmare that leasehold properties are creating has been a long-term priority for Parliament. In a bid to hand the power back to leaseholders, […]
Mortgage Completions Reach Record Highs In Q4 2018
Despite the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) speculating that house prices and transactions would remain flat in 2019 amidst Brexit uncertainty, Q4 statistics for 2018 highlighted significant growth in the use of intermediary lenders. The IMLA figures emphasised that 89% of first-time buyer mortgages were completed during the final quarter of the calendar year, an […]
Housing Market Experts Respond To Spring Statement
The Spring Statement announced itself by declaring the financial promises do not amount to a budget with a number of housing measures being suggested to improve the broken housing market. In particular, the government will guarantee £3 billion of borrowing to housing associations across the UK to fund the Affordable Home Guarantee Scheme which will […]
Firms Must Adapt To Changing Consumer Behaviour
There was a time when a consumer’s purchasing opportunities were restricted: Sunday meant that the shops were closed and by the time the sun had set on another day, so had the ability to shop. Business and shopping hours were finite and limited. With technological advancements, our shopping experience is now 24/7. Consumer expectations have […]
UK’s Available Housing Stock Continues To Decline
A recent housing index, carried out by Agency Express, has echoed UK wide trends and sentiments that sellers remain nervous to enter the housing market in the midst of severe political uncertainty. Whilst sales increased to 16.9% from 15.5% in February 2018 nationally, new listings entering the market fell from 2.7% in February 2018 to […]
Landmark Shortlisted For Conveyancing Award At LegalEx 2019
Landmark Information, the property, land and environmental data specialist, has been shortlisted for the Conveyancing Award at this year’s LegalEx 2019 Expo. The event, which is UK’s leading event for business growth, professional development and cyber security in the legal sector, takes place on 27th and 28th March at London’s Excel venue and brings together […]