Award winning law practice expands and opens conveyancing centre of excellence
A South Wales legal practice is expanding and opening a specialist conveyancing centre of excellence in Bridgend with the aim of becoming one of the top five conveyancing firms in the UK. The investment by Howells Solicitors is backed by £100,000 from the Welsh Government’s Economic Growth Fund to create thirteen new jobs and safeguard […]
June Transaction Data from Land Registry
Land Registry completes 1,521,327 applications South East tops the table of regional applications with 348,139 Birmingham tops the table of local authority applications with 23,755 The Transaction Data shows Land Registry completed over 1,521,320 applications from its customers in June. This includes 1,481,697 applications by account customers, of which: 341,720 were applications in respect of […]
Are you keeping up with market demands?
With property sales at the highest level since September 2014, you need a search provider that can keep up with market demands A recent article from Today’s Conveyancer stated that the demand for property in May 2015 was at the highest level since September 2014, according to the National Association of Estate Agents. With this in […]
myhomemove wins ‘Best Conveyancing Provider’ at the What Mortgage Awards 2015
myhomemove, the UK’s leading provider of mover conveyancing services, has been awarded ‘Best Conveyancing Provider’ for the second time at the What Mortgage Awards 2015; following thousands of votes by consumers. The Awards, which were launched in 1993, celebrate excellence across the mortgage industry. Each nominee was voted for by consumers based on the quality […]
Sleepy hollow
Since 2012 over 160 people in the Kazakhstan village of Kalachi have suffered from hallucinations, headaches, memory loss and have even fallen unconscious for days. The reason why has been a mystery for years with doctors flummoxed by the strange behaviour omitted from the men, women and children with this illness. But there has been […]
SearchFlow urges solicitors to use free Vendor Law Firm Search during Scam Awareness Month
Leading conveyancing search provider SearchFlow is advising all solicitors to start using Decision First’s new Vendor Law Firm Search – a free service for all Lender Exchange users. This month is also Scam Awareness Month, which was created by the Chartered Trading Standards Institute, to highlight the need to take steps to avoid fraud. In […]
Extent of former industrial land use potentially twice as much as official figures suggest
UK could be facing a much bigger problem in dealing with unacknowledged contaminated land Former industrial land across England and Wales could be twice as much as official figures suggest, research from Groundsure reveals. Groundsure used historical mapping to determine the land in England and Wales that was formerly covered by a wide range of […]
A question of trust
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has launched a campaign asking for views on the professional standards expected of solicitors. The campaign “A question of trust” will involve the legal profession and the public in a wide-ranging discussion about what meeting professional standards means. The SRA has been cutting regulatory red tape for the last two […]
Conveyancing Data Services become Platinum Sponsors for the Matterhorn Challenge
Conveyancing Data Services (CDS) put its full support behind the conveyancing industry Matterhorn Challenge this week, by joining as Platinum Sponsors. Conveyancing Data Services are one of the leading providers of conveyancing searches in the UK conveyancing industry. The CDS sponsorship pushes the fundraising total to over £17,000.00, with a target of £50,000.00. Operations Directions […]
Search Acumen appoints Caroline Robinson as Business Development Manager to steer move into commercial real estate
Appointment will kick-start consultations with commercial property law firms Search Acumen, the search provider, has appointed Caroline Robinson as its new Commercial Real Estate Business Development Manager as it lays the foundations to expand into the commercial property market. Having spent ten years working closely with the UK’s leading commercial property law firms, Caroline’s in-depth […]
How will minimum standard EPC changes affect conveyancing?
One upcoming law which will have significant changes to the property market and landlord and tenant regulations will be the Government’s introduction of minimum energy standards. From April 2018, all rented properties must meet a prescribed minimum energy performance standard. An Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) will contain an indicator of the amount of energy estimated […]
SRA says: historic first plc is a way forward
The creation of the first legal plc in England shows a new way forward in opening up the market through flexible regulatory practice, says the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). Gateley Plc raised £30 million this month when it was admitted to trading its shares on AIM, London Stock Exchange’s international market for smaller growing companies. […]
Tread carefully with Giant Hogweed urges trade body
National trade body The Property Care Association (PCA) is urging local authorities, statutory bodies, landowners and property professionals to treat Giant Hogweed with caution. In recent weeks the invasive weed has been in the media spotlight, with incidents of injuries being reported, including to children. The numbers of injuries could be set to increase as children […]
Client Case Study – Key Conveyancing
Introduction Key Conveyancing is a fast-growing firm with offices in Northampton and Baldock. It styles itself as a ‘no nonsense solicitors that helps you buy and sell property with a minimum of fuss at a cost-effective rate.’ It puts a great deal of emphasis on its conveyancing specialism – ‘we do nothing other than help […]
More lenders opt to use Lender Exchange
Decision First has confirmed that another 6 lenders have decided to join Lloyds Banking Group and Santander in their use of the Lender Exchange. Launched last August to the panels of both LBG and Santander, Lender Exchange is being rolled out to TSB, Coventry Building Society, Aldermore, Paragon, new specialist lender Fleet Mortgages and Precise […]
Prices push on up, as property drought continues
The latest Home.co.uk Asking Price Index (HAPI) for July 2015 has been released. The report demonstrates a number of factors from within the UK residential property market, including asking price, stock and supply trends, as well as time on market. This month’s report has revealed that: Prices move up 0.4% overall in England and Wales during […]
Poole Alcock selects Lexis® Visualfiles™ for automation of case management processes in its conveyancing business
LexisNexis® Enterprise Solutions, a provider of technology solutions to professional services firms, has announced that North West law firm, Poole Alcock LLP is deploying Lexis®Visualfiles™, the leading case management system in the UK. Visualfiles will automate the conveyancing-related case management processes, delivering significant time savings and business efficiency to the firm. This in turn will allow […]
Common sense IT security
Craig Matthews of the Legal Software Suppliers Association gives some practical tips on IT security and how to educate your staff to minimise security risks to your practice. The most frequently used passwords are 123456 and password. Others often used include QWERTY and abc123. For passwords that require eight characters the most common one is […]
South Coast law firm implement Lawyer Checker to combat the criminal conveyancer
Bournemouth based Property Lawyers Matthew & Matthew Solicitors have given protecting client money within a conveyancing transaction top priority. The residential team have kicked off the first half of 2015 with consistent and increased use of Lawyer Checker and it’s AES (Account and Entity Screen). Registering last year and soon after the release of the […]
CLS raise over £30,000 for Great Ormond Street Hospital
On Sunday, the intrepid team of 25 CLS employees came together to run The Vitality British 10K London Run in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital. The weather did not rain on the CLS parade and despite a few aches, pains and knee complaints all 25 elated runners crossed the finish line. Not only did […]