Josh is the Journalist for the Today’s Group and writes many of the articles for Today’s Conveyancer. He graduated with a degree in Physics from Cardiff University in 2009 before training as a journalist.
He has previously written for The Times, The Mirror and The Daily Express.
The vote on the UK’s membership of the EU is likely to slow the UK’s housing market as part of a wider slowdown according to experts. Housebuilders have been particularly hard hit with shares in
Accountancy firm KPMG have forecast a flat 2016 with a subsequent fall of 5% in 2017 for house prices outside London. Harpal Singh of Broker Conveyancing attempted to put a brave face on the situation.
A conveyancing firm have been cleared of negligence over allegations they failed to explain a Declaration of Trust covering a home to a woman who subsequently divorced her husband, as well as having a conflict
A man has received a suspended sentence for failing to tell his local council he had vacated the council property he had submitted an application for a right-to-buy purchase. Mr Osmin Aygin, 36, was sentenced
Conveyancing portal SortRefer have appointed Phil Goff as their new head of sales.Goff previously worked in sales management for Santander. Over the last 20 years he has also worked across the finance industry as regional
The Competition and Markets Authority has published a follow-up on their response to the Land Registry privatisation consultation. The CMA had previously expressed concerns over the government’s favoured option, stating they did not believe it
Land registry completed 1,491,651 applications in May. Of those, 365,745 were dealings, down from 404,747 in April. There were also 81,583 transactions for value. There were also 697,066 were applications to obtain an official copy
Ahead of the Department for Business Innovation and Skills call for evidence on the home buying process, the Conveyancing Association has announced a working group to deliver a response. The CA say the call for
Customers of Coventry Building Society have been amongst the first to use a new entirely digital conveyancing and mortgage system developed by enact and Land Registry. A small number of borrowers began using the system
The average fee paid to estate agents has increased by a huge 60% since 2005. According to a survey by Post Office Money, the average fee paid to an estate agent is now £5,697. In
There were 84,300 transactions for homes worth more than £40,000 in May according to HMRC, up by just short of 10,000 from April. The number of transactions is still significantly behind last May, which some
Here are the latest scam alerts as issued by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. Emails claiming to be a solicitor at “Mattew Asghar & Co” The SRA say emails have been sent from an address “2110083@googlemail.com”
Canadian legal comparison and referral website LawyerLocate.ca is set to launch in the UK in September. The original Canadian website was established fifteen years ago and allows potential clients to browse for legal professionals by
A company set up to help individuals claim overcharges by solicitors has had a complaint against one of it’s adverts upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority. Recovery Ltd, trading as RecoverYourOvercharges.com published an advertisement in
Sussex based firm Conveyancing Direct have become the first to offer a vocational route into the new CLC regulated job title of Conveyancing Technician. The role offers routes on to becoming a Licensed Conveyancer and
The news that the government is to look at how the home buying process can be improved has received a mixed reaction from conveyancers. The announcement was originally reported in March by Today’s Conveyancer with
The cost of the practising certificate looks set to come down after the Law Society and the Solicitors Regulation Authority published a joint consultation on bringing the price down to £290 per year per solicitor
A conference on identifying and mitigating environmental risks is set to take place on the 15th September in Birmingham, organised by Landmark Information Group and the Birmingham law Society Speakers include the Head of Birmingham
The digitisation and centalisation of Local Land Charge data could take as long as six years once it begins at the end of next year according to Land Registry. The currently public body aim to
The number of mortgages taken out by home movers was down 46% month to month, with landlords taking out 64% fewer mortgages in April compared with March. First time buyers also took out fewer mortgages,
The Council for Licensed Conveyancers new indemnity insurance plans have been approved by the Legal Services Board. The new open market approach will see cover capped at £2 million in aggregate over six years per
tmgroup’s recently published Home Moving Trends 2015 report reinforced what many commentators have been saying over how consumers find conveyancer, namely price is not the priority that many in the industry think it is. While
The guidance for conveyancers on evidence of identity for change of name applications has been updated by Land Registry. Section 6.3 on Change of name has been amended to clarify that, where evidence of identity
BE Consultancy, owners of the Safemove Scheme have announced two conveyancing fraud prevention summits to take place on 28th and 30th of June in London and Nottingham respectively. Both events are free of charge. Speakers
The revamped House Price Index from Land Registry has put the average price of a UK property up 8.2% year on year to £209,054. The statistics also include data on sales volumes for February which
Socrates Training Limited are seeking damages from the Law Society over claims Chancery Lane abused its position in specifying its own anti-money laundering training for the Conveyancing Quality Scheme must come from the Law Society
After a tumultuous first quarter of the year, Stephen Sandiford of specialist Buy-to-Let lenders Paragon believes there’s no reason for the number of investments in buy-to-let to decrease in the long term. Speaking at the
Here are the latest scam alerts issued by the Solicitors Regulation Authority Documents marked using stamp claiming to be from SJ Solicitors LLP ID in support of the purchase of gold coins has been endorsed
Accounts filed at Companies House for the period ending 31st October have revealed the aborted project lost over £11 million. According to the accounts statement for Legal Practice Technologies, the body owned 60% by the
The demand from buyers for homes dropped for a second consecutive month, with another 33% of property professionals saying demand is falling compared with last month. According to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, demand
The number of solicitors appearing before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has risen, with 140 applicants in 2015. According to the panel’s latest annual report, this represents a substantial rise with 117 applicants in 2013. Of
eConveyancer owner ULS has announced that non-executive director and co-founder Nigel Hoath won’t be seeking re-election to his role and will therefore be stepping down in August. Nigel Hoath sold £4.5 million worth of his