The Perfect Legal Business
In this latest Today’s Conveyancer podcast David Opie is joined by Simon McCrum, ex-Managing Partner of Darbys prior to it’s sale to Knights in 2016 and now a consultant for law firms. Simon brings his own experience running departments and law firms to his consultancy McCrum and Co. Through working with law firms he encourages […]
Digital property logbooks: levelling up to higher industry standards
Like it or not, conveyancers aren’t the first in the queue when sellers eventually get round to moving. On average once every 23 years or so home movers gird their loins and through gritted teeth call estate agents for the dreaded valuation. As the first agent pulls up outside it becomes apparent that things have […]
Conveyancers reminded of impact of sanctions on Russia
The Solicitors Regulations Authority (SRA) and Council for Licensed Conveyancers have issued reminders to be aware of dealing with those on sanctions lists and conveyancers’ responsibilities under the Money Laundering Regulations. The move comes as the UK imposes further sanctions on Russia and individuals in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine. A new message […]
Major UK law firm becomes first to accept payments in cryptocurrency
gunnercooke has announced it is now accepting payment for legal and professional services via cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum and Bitcoin, in a move believed to be the first for a major law firm in the UK. Such payments are being accepted in a growing number of professional industries, but there are currently no major players […]
HMLR: January 2022 applications transaction data
Latest HMLR Transaction Data has been published, providing information about the number and types of applications that HMLR completed in January 2022. In January more than 1,771,690 applications to change or query the Land Register were completed by HMLR, with the South East topping the table of regional applications at 417,879 requests. HMLR completed 1,771,694 […]
Dye & Durham brings experts together to present a free risk & compliance webinar for conveyancers
Dye & Durham is offering conveyancers the chance to “Ask the Experts” in a brand-new Q&A style webinar on 10th March. Focusing on key issues facing property professionals, the session “A Question of Risk and Compliance” is an opportunity to put questions to a panel of industry experts covering a range of specialist subjects, including […]
Annual remortgaging data predicts busy 2022 market
LMS’ 2021/2 annual Snapshot reveals remortgaging activity trends across 2021 and gives predictions for the 2022 market. Key activity in the remortgage sector last year included increased instructions as borrowers shopped around for better deals. Completions also increased as industry capacity grew, and cancellations decreased as the market stabilised. The average monthly payment decrease for […]
20 minutes with Eddie Goldsmith
In this latest Today’s Conveyancer podcast David Opie speaks to conveyancing industry personality Eddie Goldsmith. Eddie has just launched a new service aimed at better engaging home movers in their transaction; reducing the admin for conveyancers and speeding up the transaction. 40 years in the making, YouConvey is currently being piloted with Eddie commenting “Over […]
The Lettings Industry Council joins Conveyancing Information Executive as industry partner
The Conveyancing Information Executive (CIE) has today announced that The Lettings Industry Council (TLIC) has become an Industry Partner of the trade body organisation. The TLIC comprises lettings experts from across the industry, professional bodies and schemes, service providers for both landlords and tenants, and representatives from both large and small lettings agents. Government advisors […]
UK House Price Index reveals £27,000 annual increase
The latest house price data published by HM Land Registry (HMLR) for December 2021 show that average house prices in the UK increased by 10.8% in the year to December 2021, up from 10.7% in the year to November 2021. The average UK house price was £275,000 in December 2021, which is £27,000 higher than this […]
PEXA to launch into UK property market in 2022
PEXA, the Australian-founded fintech that enabled the world’s first fully digitised property settlement process, has announced plans to launch in the UK this year.
Diary of a High Street Conveyancer; 14th February 2022
The Today’s Conveyancer High Street Conveyancer considers how the conveyancing process has changed with more information now required to transact property
SRA Survey: is legal technology appropriate for the general public?
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) would like to understand your views on the acceptability of legal technology (lawtech) for the general public in its latest survey. This survey is aimed at lawyers who work directly for individual clients and SMEs, and is being conducted in parallel with a survey aimed at consumers. It is being […]
What is open banking and what does it mean for legal services?
January marked Open Banking’s fourth birthday, but it is still a foreign concept for many, including the legal sector. Questions as to what Open Banking even is, and how it can be applied, remain unanswered. To help shed some light on this, Open Banking experts, Cashroom and Armalytix, tackled some key questions around the applications […]
Commonhold: public sceptical reform will ever happen
Fewer than one in ten leasehold practitioners have seen an increase in enquiries about commonhold since the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) announced their intention to establish a Commonhold Council in January. The previous Secretary for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Robert Jenrick, outlined proposed leasehold reforms on 7 January 2021, including the […]
What is a UPRN? And how can it help conveyancers?
A UPRN is a Unique Property Reference Number. Unlike a Title Number, a UPRN can connect a whole range of property related activities such as surveys, sales and paperwork, to one unique ID. UPRN’s might be best compared to the number plate on a car. A unique reference point to which a range of information […]
Property professionals placing promising emphasis on wellbeing initiatives
The early results of an industry-wide piece of research has revealed that property professionals have made significant changes to their wellbeing offerings in the wake of the covid-19 outbreak. Conducted by tmgroup and mio ‘The New Normal’ survey, running until 22nd November 2021, has already attracted responses from over 300 property professionals – including residential […]
The Planning Inspectorate Strategic Plan 2021-2025
A new plan has been published that aims to respond and prepare the Planning Inspectorate for change and uncertainty, to enable the nation’s recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. The Planning Inspectorate has published its Strategic Plan for 2021-2025 which sets out a new strategic vision for the organisation, to provide high quality, timely and efficient […]
Simplifying conveyancing: making our digital channels easier to use
Our absolute priority at HM Land Registry is to make our services faster for our customers. While improvements are being made through recruiting more caseworkers and streamlining our internal processes, we believe real improvement needs to ensure we are making the most of digital technology in the way we provide our land registration services. Our […]
3 Key Law Firm Trends for 2022 and 3 Key Legal Client Trends
There’s no doubt that the past two years have sparked an unprecedented level of change in both our personal and professional lives—and crucially, in how conveyancers run their conveyancing firms. The question that should be on every conveyancing firm’s mind is, what’s next? Practice management software company Clio can give some insight into this very […]
