Andrew Palmer has recently been promoted from Operations Director of CDPL to Managing Director and replaces the former MD, Stephen Ambler, following his retirement after six years at the helm. CDPL is the only volume
The Law Society have said that the Conveyancing Quality Scheme will provide a recognised quality standard for residential conveyancing practices and achievement of membership will establish a level of credibility for member firms with stakeholders
The latest e.Surv Mortgage Monitor shows purchase approvals fell 6.2% in January, the lowest level since February 2009, citing a drop in demand as being to blame as the housing market stalls. Only 39,905 mortgages
Following the launch of the CLC’s new website Victor Olowe, Chief Executive of CLC says: “The site has been launched at an exciting time as we move towards a more liberalised legal services market. We
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According to Land Registry figures, Today’s Conveyancer can reveal that the top ten performers in 2010 don’t really hold any surprises at all. Some of the not so well known brands, however, also seem to
The Bank of England have, today, released their lending to individuals figures for December 2010 and from this we can see that total lending to individuals fell by £0.1 billion, with the twelve month growth
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Six solicitors who committed possibly one of the largest mortgage frauds ever carried out in the UK have now gone on trial at Southwark Crown Court. The jury have heard how the fraud was committed
The latest NHBC figures for the final quarter of the year have shown that registrations are up 3% on the figures for the same period in 2009, despite the heavy snowfall in December. There is
As consumers should we be entitled to information pertaining to complaints about service? Take the time to have a look at the following article from Legal Futures regarding the Legal Ombudsman’s discussion paper on its
Agent Tracker is the first independent verified review site for estate agents and they say that standards in the industry need to be revolutionised to ensure agents deliver the best possible customer service. An agent
GroundSure has been providing leading environmental intelligence solutions to the UK legal, financial and property markets for 10 years, informing their clients on issues associated with contaminated land, flood risk and planning. GroundSure takes a
The Financial Secretary to the Treasury has recently announced a package of measures intended to enhance consumer protection in the mortgage market. The new measures will: – Transfer the regulation of new and existing second
The new Conveyancing Quality Scheme, according to the Law Society, can play a role in mortgage fraud in England and Wales. The publication of the Nation Fraud Authority’s annual fraud indicator shows the cost of
As a result of a challenging market Countrywide are forecasting the demise of independent estate agencies in 2011. Nigel Stockton, Financial Services Director for Countrywide, recently spoke exclusively to The Negotiator and attributes the decline
Paul Murden provides locum conveyancing but don’t worry he won’t just “walk away” at the end of an assignment: “People often remark to me that being a locum means that when you finish an assignment
In the last couple of weeks I have been working with a firm of conveyancers where some things weren’t going as well as they might be. The firm is very proud of its customer service
Having identified the need for a comprehensive environmental search that would also include a full coal mining report, The Coal Authority, together with GroundSure delivers the Enviro All-in-One. Dr Joe Dearden, Head of Property Search
Arguably one of the UK’s largest independent providers of conveyancing, myhomemove, have recently launched what they call a revolutionary new online conveyancing service, e-Way. Myhomemove say that with e-Way they intend to build on their
LDC, part of the Lloyds Banking Group, is backing the expansion of eConveyancer, a provider of software for online conveyancing and home buyer search services, with an injection of development capital. The online conveyancing firm,
In the same week that Goldsmith Williams announced they have paid over £4M in referral and advice fees to mortgage brokers Eddie Goldsmith of Goldsmith Williams and John Malone of PMS the large mortgage intermediary
Since it became compulsory to register changes in ownership of land and property some time ago you would think that there would be very few First Registration applications being submitted today. However, new figures received
The Law Society has issued a big call to action to conveyancing solicitors. If your application for the CQS is not received by the 28 February 2011 you’ll miss out on your chance to benefit
Mattthew Joy Director at Conveyancing Data Services has drawn attention to falling standards in land charge departments. In a recent newsletter Joy said “Until recently I would not have thought that the Government’s cuts in
Every conveyancer faces potential risks every day they do business. Having your business name and identity stolen or passing money innocently to a fraudster that has held himself out as another firm can wreck your
Referral fee payments have been a contentious area for many years that has divided the profession. For some conveyancers the very mention of paying conveyancing referral fees makes the blood boil but for most they
Following the comprehensive independent review of client financial protection arrangements the SRA are proposing significant changes not least the removal of the single renewal date for professional indemnity insurance for firms from October 2011. There
The CML published its monthly market commentary today and said that the latest mortgage lending figures were the lowest, for a December, in over a decade and the fourth month in a row where the
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) December Housing Market Survey, released today, reports that although transaction levels are low they are showing some signs of stabilising with average sales per surveyor edging up in
We have added a new function to the news section so that you can see what people are tweeting about when they mention conveyancing. It will enable you to browse through tweets that specifically mention
The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) carried out a poll of almost 700 Estate Agents in which almost two thirds of those surveyed reported that home buyers, registering with them in the first half