Battling obstacles with recruitment and retention within conveyancing has been on-going for many firms for some time. Property and business specialist, James Boyd, shares his thoughts on these widely speculated issues and gives a candid

This week’s Slater brings up one of the serious depates within the property market – who’s to blame if things go wrong? Is there anything you think can be done by conveyancers to improve the

Following the release of the September data within the monthly HMRC UK Property Transaction Statistics report, the key elements that can be extracted are: On a seasonally adjusted basis there were 5.4% more transactions in

Land Registry completes 1,513,920 applications South East tops the table of regional applications with 349,215 Birmingham tops the table of local authority applications with 23,263 The Transaction Data shows Land Registry completed over 1,513,900 applications

With the new property leasehold forms LPE1 and LPE2 available, it is thought that enhanced protection for potential property buyers is prevalent Earlier this month, The Law Society, in collaboration with and property trade associations

Changes to the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) accreditation process will vastly reduce the amount of time it takes to re-apply for the scheme. There will also be major changes to the training for

A recent judgement by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has clarified what overheads public authorities can charge for in the supply of environmental information under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR).

Langleys Solicitors has just launched a new conveyancing arm – Home Property Lawyers. Sally Cottam, Partner at Langleys and Director of Home Property Lawyers, told Jane Common at Today’s Conveyancer why it’s all change –

How long will the conveyancing process take? A question similar to the classic “how long is a piece of string?” as there are many factors which affect the whole process that are often unpredictable. This

The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC), the specialist regulator of property law services is seeking to make key appointments to its non-executive team. The CLC’s independent Adjudication Panel, which makes disciplinary determinations and hears appeals

We are delighted to announce that Today’s Conveyancer has been confirmed as the official media partner for the Conveyancer of the Year Awards at next year’s ESTAS awards. The ESTAS, sponsored by Zoopla Property Group,

Samantha Gardner and Ursula Moore are both directors at The Title Consultancy Limited; set up last year to analyse property titles, draft reports and raise title enquiries for all residential properties in England and Wales.

Land Data is asking solicitors and conveyancers across the country to nominate the local authority that provides them with the best customer service in the 2016 national Local Land Charges Awards. The Awards, now in

Leading estate agency and property services provider the Connells Group today announces that it has agreed to acquire Gascoigne Halman* as part of its long term strategy to increase market share and extend its geographical

The most recent Conservative Party Conference was held in Manchester between 4th and 7th October. One key issue raised was the housing supply crisis, for which Prime Minister, David Cameron has set fourth plans to

2016 will see the end of the Government’s Help to Buy 2 scheme, but increasing amounts of banks are set to continue the idea on private basis. Many first-time buyers are not in a position to

With just shy of 1 million people left with ‘no plan’ in terms of how they are going to pay off their interest-only mortgage, the fear of financial turmoil and the risk of repossession looms

The conveyancing industry Matterhorn Challenge reached a new milestone this week with the overall fundraising for the Ty Hafan Children’s Hospice reaching in excess of £40,000.00. A £10,000.00 contribution was made via Convey Law and

This month the industry will experience the launch of a complete, secure, transparent and most significantly, free portal for all conveyancers to use. The Legal Software Suppliers Association (LSSA) backed launch of Free2Convey is set to

The Law Superstore (www.thelawsuperstore.co.uk), a new web-based comparison site for customers and legal service providers is to be launched with substantial institutional shareholder support and an experienced management team led by Matthew Briggs, former CEO

Key findings House prices up on average 0.2% in the past month and 5.2% in the past year. Strengthening demand driven by rising real earnings and low mortgage rates combined with continued tight supply mean

Agreed sales rise at the fastest rate since May 2014 Prices increase further across all parts of the UK New buyer demand continues to outweigh fresh instructions to sell The September 2015 RICS Residential Market

Mortgage payments less expensive than monthly rent in 36% of British cities Buying most cost-effective up north – as homeowners in Glasgow are more than £100 per month better-off than their renting counterparts Down south,

September 2015 sees 72,930 house purchase approvals, up almost 20% since September last year Growth takes house purchase approvals to highest level since January 2014 (the last month of support for mortgage lending via the

Strongest September for home sales since 2007, driven by activity in the north as supply squeeze stalls sales in the south But there’s a southern resurgence in price growth, with the South East seeing strongest

The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC), the specialist property law regulator, and the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA), an Ofqual recognised awarding body, have announced a partnership for the delivery of a suite of qualifications, enabling

dmgi::land&property emea&apac (“dmgilp”), the international property information division of dmg information, announced today that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of Estate Technical Solutions Limited (“ETSOS”). ETSOS, based in Caton near Lancaster, is

The Conveyancing Association (CA) last week hosted its third All-Members Meeting of 2015, where industry leaders met to discuss the CA’s campaign to extend the rights of those seeking to purchase a leasehold property and

This October will see Ramsdens and Baxster Caulfield joining firms across the UK who are choosing to merge. Will consolidation continue to be the future of the conveyancing profession? Ramsdens Solicitors, who have their principal

The SRA has opened the application process for this year’s practising certificate renewals. The window remains open until 31st October 2015. To help those completing applications, the SRA has put in place a range of

Do you think this week’s tweet is true – when mistakes happen, are conveyancers urged to charge more for their services? Is this something you have done, and are the errors or mishaps out of

Conveyancer and mountaineer, Geraint Aubrey, completed his third training mountain in the Swiss Alps this week. He conquered the Weissmies Mountain which is 4,017 metres above sea level. This climb included snow covered ridges and