Data shows heated market may continue beyond SDLT deadline
HMRC’s latest property data demonstrates just how heated the property market is as a result of the demand created by the SDLT holiday. The latest figures, released today, show May transactions at their highest since 2014, with 103,100 estimated completions. The 392,860 transactions completed in the first quarter of 2021 is also the highest since […]
DUAL Asset shortlisted for the ESTAS Conveyancer Supplier of the Year award 2021
DUAL Asset has been recognised for its outstanding customer service to its clients by The ESTAS, the biggest award scheme in the UK residential property industry. The ESTAS, sponsored by Coadjute honours the best agents, conveyancers, brokers and suppliers in the UK. The awards are powered by the ESTAS online customer review platform, which enables […]
Diary of High Street Conveyancer; 22nd June 2021
As I trudged up the stairs to my office this morning, I felt as if was the same journey I had been making forever and my brain was asking for a reprise. Because the decision was made to limit the number of new transactions taken on in the last few months so that we could […]
Winner Spotlight: Lindsey Frith
On Tuesday 25th May 2021, professionals from across the conveyancing sector came together to celebrate the successes and achievements of the industry at The British Conveyancing Awards 2021. The inaugural awards took to the virtual stage, and were led by the fabulous award winning broadcaster and journalist Samira Ahmed. If you want a re-cap of the […]
A Conveyancer’s Armory of Tools
With the Stamp Duty Land Tax holiday fast approaching, the pressure facing the residential legal space continues, unabated. Every day, I’m reading LinkedIn posts from exasperated property lawyers who are facing a torrent of calls and emails from eager homebuyers who are chasing to make sure their transaction completes by 30th June, so they can […]
Environmental Search Report Specialist Announces Product Improvements
Groundsure, a leading environmental search report specialist involved in over half of the UK’s residential property transactions, has today announced that it is revolutionising its residential product portfolio with exciting changes to the popular Avista, Homebuyers and Homescreen reports from 1st July 2021. The enhanced reports will include information from analysis of more than 110 […]
The return of the High Street Conveyancer
I’m back! I wrote my last diary entry on the 19th May last year – the property market was coming out of the first lockdown, and there was trepidation as to what was going to happen. There was a feel of pent up action – people had been ‘locked‘ in their houses for weeks and […]
Stamp Duty is on holiday, Money Laundering is not
This article has been written by Nikki Shorto a newly qualified CLC Licensed Conveyancer based in Bournemouth, Dorset. We are all experiencing the pull of the never-ending volume of work to do at the moment, and doing our best to line up as many completions as we can to help our clients enjoy a Stamp […]
Join Cashroom at the Cloud Productivity & Finance Virtual Summit!
We are excited to join one of our valued clients Berkeley Rowe along with other industry leaders, Clio, CloudyIT and Microsoft at the Cloud Productivity & Finance Virtual Summit on 29 June 2021. Promising to inspire staff across all areas of law firms, these experts will demonstrate how your day-to-day working practices can be vastly […]
CEO of The Bold Legal Group urges Solicitors and Conveyancers not to drop their fees!
When I began my conveyancing career back in the mid-70s, conveyancing fees were, taking into account inflation, much higher than they are now. In fact, if memory serves me right, scale fees were still in existence or not long gone. From the 1980s onwards conveyancing fees dropped dramatically, to levels that makes one wonder how […]
An introduction to pre-planning Insurance for developments
CLS Property Insight (CLS PI) offers pre-planning insurance for properties where development is intended, but where planning permission has not yet been obtained. We can offer cover for minor alterations and low limit of indemnity enquiries, for example where an extension is likely to be erected. We can also provide cover for larger limit of […]
Praise and support for conveyancers as SDLT deadline is imminent
With 30 June stamp duty land tax (SDLT) holiday deadline just around the corner, there have been increasing support, praise and kindness for the property sector and practitioners. The Chancellor Rishi Sunak extended the SDLT holiday in the March budget. Once the 30 June deadline passes, which is for properties up to the value of […]
‘Use it or lose it’ proposed legislation set to bottleneck house building industry
House builders will be stripped of planning permission if site development does not commence within 18 months after planning is ‘green-lit’, under new government proposals. With England desperate for new houses, and close to a million plots across the country remaining unfinished, MPs argue that proposals put forward by the housing, communities and local government […]
Highly Commended: Best New Training Initiative
On Tuesday 25th May 2021, professionals from across the conveyancing sector came together to celebrate the successes and achievements of the industry at The British Conveyancing Awards 2021. The inaugural awards took to the virtual stage, and were led by the multi-award winning journalist and broadcaster Samira Ahmed. If you want a re-cap of the […]
Movers and Shakers – 18th June
Here at Today’s Conveyancer, we wanted to share with you the good news we’ve had within in the industry of professionals joining firms and those who have moved up the promotional ladder. This week we’ve seen the following announcement with regards to appointments and promotions: Perfect 10 for Talbots as investment in trainees pays off […]
PracticeEvolve announce “Pathway to the Cloud” allowing firms “to level up”
PracticeEvolve Group incorporating SOS and Linetime, have announced a “Pathway to the Cloud” strategy available to all law firms globally, ultimately leading to a fully browser-based cloud solution called EvolveCloud. The approach will see PracticeEvolve initially offer cloud hosting options for their existing SOS, Linetime and PracticeEvolve desktop applications, as a stepping stone to a […]
Highly Commended: Theresa Howarth
On Tuesday 25th May 2021, professionals from across the conveyancing sector came together to celebrate the successes and achievements of the industry at The British Conveyancing Awards 2021. The inaugural awards took to the virtual stage, and were led by the multi-award winning journalist and broadcaster Samira Ahmed. If you want a re-cap of the […]
New trade deal with Australia promises opportunities for the legal profession
News the UK has agreed a trade deal with Australia that reflects the importance of market access for services in both economies was welcomed by the Law Society of England and Wales. Law Society president I. Stephanie Boyce said: “The UK-Australia free trade agreement (FTA) can create opportunities for our legal professions to work together […]
Winner Spotlight: Innovation of the Year – Coadjute
On Tuesday 25th May 2021, professionals from across the conveyancing sector came together to celebrate the successes and achievements of the industry at The British Conveyancing Awards 2021. The inaugural awards took to the virtual stage, and were led by the fabulous award winning broadcaster and journalist Samira Ahmed. If you want a re-cap of the […]
Law firm appoints recruitment specialist to attract best talent
Leading law firm Higgs & Sons is embracing a fresh approach to recruitment by bringing in a new in-house specialist. Highly-experienced Claire Rankovic has joined as In-House Recruiter as the firm looks to ensure it can continue to attract the best talent into key positions while offering all candidates a positive and responsive experience throughout […]