The latest LSL HPI released last week shows: – Average house prices recorded a marginal fall of 0.2% in December – Over the 12 months January to December 2010, house price growth stood at 2.9%,

With the release today of their January House Price Index Rightmove are forecasting a spring stock shortage will underpin prices in popular locations as new seller numbers dwindle.  Rightmove also reports that there has been

I recently saw the following article on my twitter feed and instantly thought “How Interesting?”  Have a read and see what you think. A Blast from the Past – A Century of Conveyancing Records published

Despite the Governments attempts to intervene it looks likely that bankers will get their big bonuses this year.  Property consultants, Cluttons, have reported that home buyers in central London are looking to move quickly in

Hitachi Capital and Barratt Homes have teamed up to offer loans of up to £50,000 to parents of first-time buyers, buying a new home from the Barratt Group, in a ground-breaking attempt to lift the

Mark Clare, Group Chief Executive of Barratt commented on the trading update released last week: “The Group has delivered a significant improvement in both average selling prices and operating margin even though sales volumes have

360 Legal Group is a business consultancy for law firms, helping its members to understand the difficult and fast changing trading conditions facing the profession, take advantage of forthcoming deregulation and manage and market their

The Council for Licensed Conveyancers has released a Notice regarding Fridays Property Lawyers (in Administration). The CLC have released the Notice below regarding the recent announcement that Fridays Property Lawyers went into Administration on 30th

The HBF report which was compiled by Glenigan and published last week is to be the first of a new quarterly monitoring.  HBF states that the report gives the first full and accurate picture of

Optima Legal have joined the national business-led charity Business in the Community to further expand their work for local communities.  With offices in Bradford, Newcastle and Glasgow Optima aims to be the first choice law

The 2010 Q4 Credit Conditions Survey conducted between 12 November and 7 December 2010 shows lenders reported that the availability of secured credit to households remained broadly unchanged in the three months to early December

Having a Twitter account is becoming more and more commonplace but if you have a look at the Intendance report based on the top 50 UK law firms 19 out of 48 firms have an

First Direct are offering free switching incentives until 31st January, the deal gives home owners free legal fees and a free standard valuation.  They are also offering to pay any enquiry fees the current lender

Changes to the rules governing payout compensation have resulted in the Financial Services Compensation Scheme introducing new processes and technology to enable a faster payout.  This practice note reflects developments in the framework governing deposit

An amendment to Guidance Note 13 has come into force from 31st December 2010 following amendments to the CML Handbook, you can read the updated guidance here: http://www.conveyancer.org.uk/news_item.asp?TypeId=1&NewsId=332 Today’s Conveyancer, bringing you the latest conveyancing

Most conveyancers will be aware of Fridays Property Lawyers.  You can hardly do an internet search for "conveyancing" without finding them quickly.  Their rapid growth and success led them to make over 150 applications to

This consultation will be the last opportunity for you to put forward your comments on the SRA’s new Handbook which will underpin the regulation of solicitors and law firms from October 2011. It builds on

Figures released by the Bank of England yesterday show total lending to individuals rose by £.7 billion in November although the growth rate was unchanged at 0.8%. Within the total, lending secured on dwellings rose

Paul Murden, a locum provides his view on what 2011 holds for locum conveyancers…. To state what is probably the very obvious, the future for Conveyancing locums looks very bleak. What was always, perhaps, a

Paul Hajek of Clutton Cox has allowed us to reproduce a copy of his recent blog for which we are grateful… If we have a bad experience in a hairdresser’s, a butcher’s or a baker’s,

The Bank of England statistics released today show that Housing Equity Withdrawal stands at -£6.1bn for Q3 in 2010, compared to a figure of -£5.8bn (revised from the previous published figure of -£6.2bn). The HEW

November’s Land Registry HPI data shows a negative monthly house price change of -0.6 per cent. This is the third consecutive month in which the figure has been below zero. This brings the average house

With the chequered performance of the property market in 2010 highlighting fundamental challenges that now face the sector RICS report that they believe the story for 2011 will remain the same. 2010 saw:- – Prices

Conveyancers who target high net worth clients might not be doing quite as badly as the rest? The latest figures released by Zoopla show that the housing market is not all doom and gloom with:-

The Council of Mortgage Lenders has reported that gross mortgage lending in November was an estimated £11.1 billion, a 5% drop from £11.6 billion in October. Reflecting the distorted figures for lending towards the end

Today’s Conveyancer has interviewed Darren Gower Marketing Manager of Eclipse and asked what they provide to conveyancers that use their systems.  Eclipse is a provider of integrated case management, workflow, and process management software. Their

Not everyone will be looking forward to Christmas this year, spare a thought for the reported 11,840 households who are accepted as homeless across the Country, as reported by the Department for Communities and Local

The Property Codes Compliance Board (PCCB) on Friday announced that it has suspended the registration of Ms K & Mrs J Burridge t/a Search Pack UK and Epcworx (also/previously known as Fasthipsuk also trading as

According to the BSA Property Tracker survey in December just over a quarter of respondents, 26%, disagreed that now was a good time to buy property in the UK, broadly the same as September but

The Lawyer reports that Administrators BDO was appointed on Friday on the administration of Ashton Morton Slack, which had a turnover of £7.5m in 2008 and which also advises on business, personal injury and private

RICS latest UK Housing Market survey shows that activity in the housing market has continued to slow during November, with house prices slipping further.PARA It is reported that 44 per cent more chartered surveyors say

Following the release of Rightmove’s December House Price Index it has been reported that December sellers have cut asking prices by 3% (£6.969) meaning we have now had falls in 5 of the last 6