Not so entertaining… (Conveyancer Slater – Tweet of the Week)
Are conveyancing solicitors trained to be muppets or is it part of the selection process? — Kaz (@LottiePlot9) March 25, 2015
First-time buyers demand housing action as half are forced to consider homes with no natural light
First-timers increasingly willing to compromise living space to get on the ladder: 51% say natural light isn’t vital in a first home, 63% would go without a bath, 93% happy without an ensuite bathroom First-time buyers want to clamp down on land banking and make it easier to convert buildings to residential use, while one […]
February Market Trend Data from Land Registry
The February data shows an annual price increase of 6.5 per cent which takes the average property value in England and Wales to £180,252 compared with the peak of £181,083 in November 2007. House prices are up 0.5 per cent since January. The regional data indicates that: London experienced the greatest increase in its average […]
Veyo and Land Registry to headline at SLC/BLG Roadshows
Highly topical subjects confirmed for this year’s spring events The Society of Licensed Conveyancers (SLC) and Bold Legal Group (BLG) have announced today that Veyo and Land Registry will be two of the featured speakers at this year’s spring road shows. With Veyo due to go live just before the events and with the Land […]
Q&A with Philip Wilbourn – RICS Contributor and Director of Future Climate Info
The latest RICS professional information paper on flooding ‘Flooding: issues of concern to RICS surveyors and valuers (Residential property) 1st edition UK information paper (IP)’ reviews the transitional phases of legislation relevant to flooding and raises awareness for RICS property professionals of market risk – in particular that of insurability. The practice-based document is applicable […]
Search Acumen comments on the Building Societies Association’s latest Property Tracker
Mark Riddick, Chairman of Search Acumen, comments on latest BSA Property Tracker: “The return of optimism to the housing market is a welcome sign that we’ve waded through the seasonal slowdown and can expect another busy year in 2015. Today’s report from the BSA shows election year anxiety and fears of deflation have not put […]
Solicitors vote for winners at the Land Data 2015 Local Land Charges Awards
The 8th Local Land Charges Awards took place in Bristol during a ceremony hosted by BBC sports presenter Hazel Irvine. The national awards, celebrate the work and achievements of local authority local land charges departments which carry out the land and property searches required for conveyancing transactions in England and Wales. Torridge District Council was […]
Welcome Aboard! Mincoffs Solicitors Strengthen Residential Conveyancing Team
Newcastle based law firm, Mincoffs are pleased to announce a further three new appointments to strengthen their ever growing successful Residential Conveyancing team. The Residential Conveyancing team at Mincoffs Solicitors has more than doubled in size in the last three years. Denise Arnott, Adrienne Lawson and Caroline Clayton-Ridley are the latest to become part of […]
Safeguard client money – when do you check the ‘other side’s’ account details?
Carrying out an LC AES (Account and Entity Screen) search ought to be as fundamental as a CON29. Ensuring adherence to Principle 10 in 2015 means that conveyancers need the support of a service created to help them make informed decisions about whether or not to send funds to the other side. 2014 saw Bogus […]
Remortgage lending falls in February: value of remortgage loans drops by 16%, number of remortgage loans falls by a tenth
Average amount of equity withdrawn through remortgaging almost doubles year-on-year to £26,862 as people remortgage to help pay off debt or generate much needed extra funds But house price increases throughout 2014 saw average LTV drop by 4% The latest figures from LMS reveal that the value of monthly gross remortgage lending saw a decrease […]
New Payment Systems Regulator puts customers and payments users at the heart of the £75 trillion UK payment systems industry
The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), the new economic regulator for payment systems, today confirmed how it will regulate the industry from 1 April 2015. It has also published a policy work programme setting out priorities for the year ahead. The PSR’s aim is to make payment systems work well for the people and organisations that […]
Recorded fraud up by a quarter and increasingly organised
Annual fraud release shows continued threat of identity theft as young adults increasingly targeted Recorded frauds increased by 25 per cent last year, according to the latest report from the UK fraud prevention service, Cifas, published today. In total there were 276,993 frauds recorded in 2014, compared to 221,075 in 2013. The single biggest threat […]
Case Study – Zylpha
Legal Process Automation specialist Zylpha was founded by Tim Long, a qualified solicitor, who was frustrated with the level of repetitive processing within the legal process and turned to IT as the solution. Based in Winchester, the company started as a specialist consultancy in Case Management, launching its Electronic Document Bundling solution in early 2010. […]
Thank you readers – we celebrate 5 years!
Five years ago this month, Today’s Conveyancer had a tentative start. Today we wanted to thank all our readers, advertisers and supporters for our growth. This month Today’s Conveyancer is surprisingly 5 years’ old and today we are a few hundred visitors away from 200,000 individuals to our website since launch. Who would have thought that […]
The LFS Conveyancing Conference and Awards 2015
On the 17th of September, The Law Firm Services will be hosting the conveyancing conference and annual awards for the 7th year running. The conveyancing conference and awards will take place at the MK Stadium in Milton Keynes. The main conference will be held from 9.15am to 4.30pm and is worth a total of 5 […]
Almost half of conveyancing firms in England and Wales have registered with Veyo
As the launch soon approaches, Veyo announces that just under a half of conveyancing firms in England and Wales have now registered on the comprehensive conveyancing portal. Since the pricing was recently announced, there has been a substantial increase in sales enquiries, with 47% of conveyancing firms, ranging from volume conveyancers to sole practitioners, submitting […]
Broker Conveyancing adds Davisons Solicitors to panel
Broker Conveyancing, the largest, independent conveyancing distributor, has today (24th March 2015) added Davisons Solicitors to its conveyancing firm panel. Broker users will now be able to instruct Davisons Solicitors via Broker Conveyancing’s online portal for both transactional and remortgage business. Now members of the Quality Solicitors network, Birmingham-based Davisons was established in 1985 by […]
Vine Street £200
Vine Street completes the orange properties on the Monopoly Board. It is one of the smallest roads on the board, a back street cul-de-sac which is located between Piccadilly and Regent Street. It is in Mayfair in Westminster. Vine Street was developed in 1686-9 and by 1720 the majority of one side was a brewhouse […]
Buchanan & Co Solicitors Go Live With Hoowla’s Conveyancing Quote Calculator Module
Hoowla’s conveyancing case management software has been selected as part of Buchanan & Co’s mission to offer a more comprehensive service for their clients. The conveyancing calculator on their website offers prospective clients the freedom to obtain an instant estimate online in their own time whilst alerting Buchanan & Co’s team to follow up the […]
Confidence in the housing market rebounds – concerns about stamp duty and negative equity fade away
Public confidence in the housing market is bouncing back, according to the 2015 Homeowner Survey, conducted by the HomeOwners Alliance, myhomemove and BLP Insurance. People’s concerns about housing have receded ‘across the board’ over the last year. Most dramatically, the numbers saying that negative equity is a problem has slumped in the last 12 months by […]