Paul Hajek, Principal of Clutton Cox, likens the new conveyancing reforms to ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’ Click here to read Paul’s article regarding reserved activities for conveyancing. Today’s Conveyancer, bringing you the latest conveyancing news
The Law Society has announced the first legal practices in England & Wales to secure membership to their Conveyancing Quality Scheme practice standard. Martin Elliott & Co Solicitors (Colchester), Boys & Maughan (Kent), Hamers Solicitors
The 2011 Land Data Local Land Charges Awards were held in Bristol’s Grand Hotel last Wednesday and were hosted by journalist and media commentator Eve Pollard. Amongst the winners were West Devon Borough Council, scooping
The CML’s latest report shows gross mortgage lending declined by 13% to an estimated £9.2 billion in January, £10.6 billion in December. There was, however a 5% rise from £ 8.8 billion in January 2010
The national conveyancing firm, Goldsmith Williams, will now be providing lender support services to the CHL Mortgages delivering legal assistance in areas such as LPA receiver appointments, LPA receiver assistance, repossessions and repossession sales. Head
Countrywide report that speculation surrounding base rate rises has seen remortgage applications rise. Remortgages made up 32 per cent of all mortgage applications in January, an increase of 5 per cent on the previous month’s
The Law Society has recently raised an issue with Lloyds Banking Group regarding their requests for conveyancing panel members to provide client account information. The Society say that the provision of client account information risks
Redrow Plc, a new homes developer, are reporting a first half profit after selling more new homes for higher prices. Under the leadership of their Chairman, Steve Morgan, Redrow Homes have changed the type of
Mark Jarvis is the General Manager for Severn Trent Retail and Utility Services. Amongst his responsibilities is the delivery of their water and drainage searches (CON29DW) to conveyancers and he is well known and respected
The Law Society is looking to launch a consumer facing public relations and advertising campaign for the CQS in the spring and Today’s Conveyancer was lucky enough to be able to speak to Jonathan Smithers
Barclays recently reported their share gross new mortgage lending for 2010 is 13%, an increase of 3% on figures for 2009. Gross mortgage lending for 2010 was £16.9 billion, up £2.7 billion on their figures
The Genesis Initiative was established in 1999 and aims to encourage the creation and growth of SMEs, bringing together Entrepreneurs, SME Academics, SME Representative Organisations, and Members of All Party Groups within both Houses of
Legal Practice Management Solutions believe that the research carried out by Dickinson Dees hits the right notes — good, hard evidence which makes it easier to prompt discussions between clients and lawyers, in a defined
Arc Property Solicitors LLP is a national conveyancing practice which offers nationwide coverage for both online and offline conveyancing covering residential and commercial conveyancing. They have recently announced the launch of Arc Financial Services which
According to two separate Conveyancers 2011 could be the ideal time to purchase your new/first property. A Residential Forecast by Jones Lang Lasalle has indicated that UK house prices will rise by 4-6 per cent
Ahead of the Government’s summit into first-time buyer lending on Tuesday, Rightmove’s first 2011 First Time Buyer Report has found that first time buyer levels have now dropped below 1 in 4 of all UK
As we all know purchasing a Leasehold property is not always as straightforward as purchasing a Freehold property. Susan Robinson of Optima Legal has written a note on the particular issues and problems surrounding Leasehold
Barclays, together with its international private banking arm are reportedly seeking £12 million in damages from mortgage broker Savills Private Finance (SPF), chartered surveyors Stocker and Roberts Partnership and law firm O’Sullivan Law Solicitors in
The Land Registry will, as from 1st March 2011, only accept applications to register or cancel a notice in respect of Home Rights made on the new forms, HR1 and HR4. You can find the
The Legislation in Finance Bill 2010 will soon introduce a higher stamp duty land tax rate of 5% for any purchase of a residential property where the consideration exceeds £1 million. The old rate was
When comparing the three months of Sep – Nov 2010 with the same three months in 2009 there has been a 13% fall in the number of properties sold across England and Wales. However, the
Today’s Conveyancer has obtained information from Land Registry showing the number of applications for whatever purpose (i.e. not just transfers for value) in January 2011. We use this data to estimate how some of the
The Council of Mortgage Lenders has revealed today that repossessions by first charge lenders in 2010 accounted for just 0.3% of all mortgages, 24% lower than 2009. In the fourth quarter the number of repossessions
The National Land Information Service (NLIS) is celebrating its ten year anniversary. Since it was founded in February 2001, NLIS has delivered over 19 million official electronically sourced land and property searches through its channels
The new Localism Bill proposes changes to the planning system including strengthening authorities’ powers to tackle abuse of the system and the Law Society is warning that changes could bring yet more uncertainty to the
According to the latest data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders the buy to let market grew by 7% in 2010. An estimated 1.3 million buy to let mortgages were outstanding at the end of
Goldsmith Williams say that they are taking the initiative from a record-breaking football transfer window by “funding a move for the best players in the market”. The national conveyancing solicitors have increased their broker incentives
Employer Details: Minster Law Solicitors Job Title: Conveyancing Fee Earner Salary Band: TBA Narrative: Minster Law has quickly established itself as the largest RTA/personal injury law practice in the country and are continuing to grow
Connells have today reported a flying start to 2011 in the residential valuation sector. A second successive annual increase in residential valuation activity, Connells say that the growth was not just an annual improvement. In
RICS has reported that the continued lack of buyer demand and low supply levels is causing the housing market to remain sluggish. The January Housing Market Survey shows that seven per cent more surveyors reported
The Law Society Gazette has reported that conveyancing solicitors are being pressured into becoming involved in Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) avoidance schemes, costing the tax payer around £35m. In order to protect solicitors and
Insider Media Limited have reported that LMS Holdings Limited part of the large conveyancing panel manager has been bought out of administration by Brabco 1019 Ltd which is understood to be a company owned and