Koodoo and Smoove Partner
Koodoo, mortgage technology provider, has announced a new partnership with Smoove, utilising its eConveyancer platform. This collaboration aims to enhance the homebuying process by integrating Smoove’s network of local solicitors and advanced digital platform into Koodoo’s services. This partnership underscores Koodoo’s dedication to leveraging advanced technology to enhance internal efficiency and provide consumers with a […]
The King’s Speech promises legislation that will protect renters and leasehold reform
At the state opening of parliament, the King announced in his speech that renters will have ‘greater rights’ and draft legislation on leasehold and commonhold reforms. MPs made their way to the House of Peers from the commons today to attend King Charles and Queen Camilla for the King’s second speech since being crowned monarch. […]
PEXA opens up doors to integration
Digital property exchange platform PEXA has said it has opened up its doors to industry integration with the launch of a new ‘API Hub’ which provides access to all their available APIs, speeding up and easing customer integrations. Describing the development as ‘significant,’ PEXA UK say the APIs are ‘key to powering the delivery of […]
Leadership Changes as Groundsure starts an Exciting New Chapter
Groundsure, an environmental and climate insights provider, has announced that Malcolm Smith, currently Chief Operating Officer, is to become the CEO with effect from 15th July. The change comes as Dan Montagnani leaves the business to pursue other projects, after 19 years that has seen the business achieve a market leading position and record growth […]
Diary of a High Street Conveyancer: 24th June 2024
I am acting in the purchase of a house – the buyer has not trusted the seller throughout; you know the case where the seller says he will move into temporary accommodation but then finds somewhere to buy and decides he will tie up the transactions. It happens all of the time and I always […]
Call for urgent reforms as ‘gazumping’ surges to 37%
37% of buyers are being gazumped and this figure has grown by 6% in the last two years, according to new data. The HomeOwners Alliance is calling for an end to the practice of gazumping and recommends that buyers take out Home Buyers Protection Insurance to mitigate the financial loss. Recent research from MFS group […]
Top 5 tips for speedy CON29DW returns
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Drainage and Water Searches Network (DWSN), we are developing a series of webinars delving into the questions contained within a CON29DW search. Our first webinar, Top 5 tips for speedy CON29DW Returns, is now available on the DWSN YouTube Channel and below, which you can also access at […]
Potential changes ahead for conveyancing firms: Bank of England’s Synchronisation Project explored
Members of the CA will have received a discussion paper in May focused on the Bank of England’s Synchronisation Project which might well have implications for the way firms currently send money for completions. The project, if successful, will mean the update to the Bank’s Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system, due at the end […]
Diary of a High Street Conveyancer: 3rd June 2024
It is funny when I sit down to write this as I have so many musings about conveyancing – no two days are ever the same; are we counsellors as well as conveyancers? would we have done this job if we knew now how it would be compared with how it was twenty or thirty […]
Diary of a High Street Conveyancer: 20th May 2024
What has happened to LinkedIn? I thought it was a nice, friendly space. Conveyancers could mention their achievements, career moves, reviews from clients and post photographs of gifts received from happy clients. But in the last few weeks, it has become nasty and full of vitriol. I always thought that conveyancers practised this area of […]
Ambition pays off for new legal sector conference
Law Firm Ambition began as a widely-used online resource dedicated to helping law firms grow. Law Firm Ambition has developed a comprehensive set of ‘How to’ guides, updated annually. These guides are created with input from over 100 carefully selected experts from the legal sector, making it a respected project within the legal community. The […]
How are law firms investing in their marketing and BD?
The Law Firm Marketing Club’s annual Professional Services Marketing Survey, now in its fourth year, continues to grow in participation, with 125 firms contributing data in 2024. As marketers, we understand the importance of robust and dependable data, and in this report, we delve into various aspects of professional services firms’ marketing and business development […]
Diary of a High Street Conveyancer: 14th May 2024
I went to visit a friend over the weekend. He is selling his mother’s house. I arranged for him to sign the documents and it was a good opportunity to catch up. And I knew he would ask me the question which I could not answer and tried to steer the conversation away from it. […]
Mental Health Awareness Week 2024 Special
In this specially recorded podcast, the Today’s Conveyancer podcast joins forces with its sister podcasts from the Today’s Wills and Probate and Today’s Family Lawyer online news publications to discuss the topic of mental health and wellbeing ahead of Mental Health Awareness Week, from 13th May 2024. Podcast host David Opie welcomes Legal Director at […]
The Building Safety Act – what you need to know
In this latest episode of the Today’s Conveyancer Podcast host David Opie discusses the challenges firms face with the Building Safety Act (BSA). Liz Ramsden and Hannah Page, Senior Associate and Associate respectively at law firm Knights who have immersed themselves in all things Building Safety Act and now act on behalf of Knights in […]
Fighting the Legal Crisis: Why the UK Legal Industry Needs to Evolve to Survive
The legal industry may be built on tradition and heritage, but it must be open to innovation to keep up in an ever-evolving world. It’s no secret that the world of work is rapidly changing in the UK’s wider cultural climate but, for a sector built with a strong focus on precedent and commitment to […]
If upfront information isn’t the answer, what are you doing to solve the archaic conveyancing process?
The introduction of Material Information Parts B and C towards the back end of last year has thrust conveyancing into the spotlight, giving us as professionals a new standard to uphold. But as the sector digests the implications, it is apparent that there are mixed views as to whether or not it will benefit the […]
An American Adventure
Chief Revenue Officer at Cashroom Alex Holt joins Today’s Conveyancer Podcast host David Opie to discuss his Cashroom and the development of the business over the last 10 years. Cashroom offer outsourced finance functions for law firms across the UK; and has grown as a number of factors have come together to place pressure on […]
CLSQ launches Lack of Mortgagee Protection Clause policy
CLSQ has launched a Lack of Mortgagee Protection Clause policy to smooth the conveyancing process on leasehold properties where there is no mortgagee protection clause included in the lease, or where the clause is defective. The policy insures a lender for any shortfall on the mortgage advance on a leasehold property following re-entry and/or forfeiture […]
A reflection on National Conveyancing Week
As the curtain falls on another successful National Conveyancing Week, I consider the opinions shared over the course of the programme and question, with this renewed sense of togetherness, how we keep that enthusiasm up throughout the year. I was struck by a comment in Monday’s session on Creating a Digital Property Market, noting how […]
