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 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
