Judge Spotlight: Sally Holdway
Judging awards ceremonies can often be a thankless task. But without the support of the people who spend hours toiling away reviewing the submissions, the awards simply would not happen. On behalf of Today’s Conveyancer and Headline Sponsor Dye & Durham, we are incredibly grateful to all our judging panel who we are showcasing through […]
Linetime launch new Document Bundling feature, helping firms increase productivity
Linetime, part of the PracticeEvolve Group, have launched a new Document Bundling feature, offering firms a time saving solution to building large bundles of documents. Wrapped into the Linetime software itself, the new Document Bundling feature saves firms time when collating different files and formats of electronic documents, with the promise to increase overall productivity […]
Can agents and conveyancers work together better in 2022?
In an industry first ESTAS, well known for its awards events, is holding a forum for estate agents and conveyancers to explore the state of their relationship and see what practical steps can be taken to improve the home moving process. The first ESTAS Forum will be held in London on 29th March under the […]
Mortgage lenders get behind digital identity scheme
MyIdentity announces Bluestone Mortgages has joined its trust scheme. Etive Limited, coordinators of the MyIdentity scheme for home buying and selling, announce today that Bluestone Mortgages has confirmed its participation in the digital identity scheme. Bluestone Mortgages, a fast-growing non-bank lender specialising in complex credit, specialist lending, self-employed, credit-impaired and contractors, is working as part […]
HMLR Practice Guide update: PG7
HM Land Registry has published details of changes to Practice Guide 7. Price paid or value information: registration procedures (PG7) This guide contains information about HM Land Registry’s procedures to enter price paid or value information in the register. It also explains how the decision was taken to restore this information to the register. Change […]
Lloyd Davies: why staff wellbeing is critical for all businesses in 2022
Chairman of the not-for-profit Conveyancing Foundation Lloyd Davies has explained why staff wellbeing is more critical than ever for all businesses in 2022 after the challenges of the Pandemic. Mr Davies, also Managing Director of Convey Law, said: “The conveyancing industry experienced a tumultuous year in 2021 with quarterly SDLT or Christmas deadlines, staff having […]
How recruitment should be done? “David Brent” stars in firm’s job advert
Spotted on LinkedIn recently, the Today’s Media team came across this rather unique and hilarious recruitment strategy from Evolve Law. What do you think? We’d love to know your thoughts in the comments below …
Judge Spotlight: Sarah Keegan
Judging awards ceremonies can often be a thankless task. But without the support of the people who spend hours toiling away reviewing the submissions, the awards simply would not happen. On behalf of Today’s Conveyancer and Headline Sponsor Dye & Durham, we are incredibly grateful to all our judging panel who we are showcasing through […]
HMLR issues guidance for land registration fee increases
From 31st January 2022, Scale 1 and Scale 2 land registration fees will increase for the first time since 2009. Ahead of the changes, HM Land Registry (HMLR) have provided guidance to make the transition as smooth as possible. Applications for first registration and for registration of transfers, leases and mortgages of property submitted on […]
Nominations open for Conveyancing Firm of the Year – National
Hot on the heels of nominations for the Today’s Conveyancer Industry Champion, the British Conveyancing Awards, sponsored by Dye & Durham today launches nominations for Conveyancing Firm of the Year – National, a category proudly sponsored by Groundsure. The two awards are central to the theme of the 2022 awards which is about looking at […]
Industry will pay for cladding crisis, announces Gove
The government has announced a new plan to protect leaseholders and make wealthy developers and companies pay to fix the cladding crisis. Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Michael Gove, addressing parliament yesterday guaranteed that no leaseholder living in their own flat will have to pay a penny to fix unsafe cladding. Following Mr Gove’s letter […]
Conveyancers invited to nominate their industry champions
The British Conveyancing Awards, sponsored by Dye & Durham, returns as an in-person event on March 15th 2022 at the fabulous Church House, London. If the inaugural event in 2021 was about recognising the incredible response of the industry to the pandemic, then 2022 is about looking ahead and celebrating the cream of the conveyancing […]
Conveyancing expert Lloyd Davies predicts property prices will continue to rise and Covid’s impact will continue in 2022
Conveyancing expert Lloyd Davies, former Operations Director of the Conveyancing Association, has predicted property prices will continue to climb in the New Year but companies will do more to protect staff from burnout as COVID’s grip continues. Mr Davies, Managing Director and Founder of specialist residential conveyancing practice Convey Law, who has worked in conveyancing […]
Tax loophole on second homes to close from 2023
Owners of second homes that currently benefit from a tax loophole, by claiming their often-empty properties are holiday lets, will be forced to pay under tough new measures. Currently, owners of second homes in England can avoid paying council tax and access small business rates relief by simply declaring an intention to let the property […]
CLC announces consultation on PII arrangements
The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) is seeking views on potential amendments to the Minimum Terms and Conditions of the Professional Indemnity Insurance (PII) that all CLC-regulated practices must have in place. This builds on responses to the Call for Evidence that ran over the summer of 2021. The CLC have outlined why the consultation […]
Legal consultancy: the firms of the future?
Today’s Conveyancer recently spoke to Adrian Jaggard, CEO of Taylor Rose MW, one of the top four firms in the UK currently operating the consultancy model, about how consultancy works and how much of an impact this new breed of firm might have on the industry. A report published last year by Arden Partners predicts that […]
Diary of a high street conveyancer; 17th January 2022
On Wednesday, I had to go to a mediation hearing for a dispute with a friend. I was not involved in the matter in any way, but she needed both moral support and someone who could listen and help her when she was overcome with the legal terminology and discussions. Being a conveyancing solicitor for […]
Thirdfort host webinar on property fraud
With criminals becoming ever more sophisticated, it’s critical that property professionals keep up to date to recognise the warning signs of fraud, understand new regulatory obligations and implement working practices that reduce their vulnerability to attack. On 8th December 2021, Thirdfort led a panel discussion with experts from the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau and financial […]
Weak property listings pipeline continues to dominate market pressures, according to Landmark’s Property Trends Report
Landmark Information Group analyses residential property data from October to December ‘21 Data from the latest edition of Landmark Information Group’s Property Trends Report has highlighted that the sustained imbalance of “supply versus demand” continues to be the dominant pressure on activity levels in the England and Wales’ residential property industry. The report, which reflects […]
Government eases subletting restrictions and asks lenders to do the same
The government is taking steps to make it easier for shared owners affected by building safety issues to sublet their homes by relaxing its subletting restrictions, and has written to mortgage lenders to encourage them to do the same. Presently in any shared ownership homes delivered through the government grant funded Affordable Homes Programme, subletting […]