On Friday the Conveyancing Association (CA) held the first of a series of regional technical workshops in Manchester. Conveyancers from Northern England met, at the offices of CA member Countrywide Conveyancing Services, to discuss how

Landmark Information Group has signed a new five year deal with the Environment Agency to continue to use the government agency’s data for its suite of environmental risk reports. The two organisations have been working

The Council for Licensed Conveyancers has announced two thematic reviews to assess standards of practice in the management of conflicts of interest. The reviews will begin immediately and include targeted surveys of selected regulated entities

The Law Society Gazette has reported that the Solicitors Regulation Authority has issued its first two sanctions for failing to properly nominate compliance officers. 992 firms have been investigated in relation to problems relating to

National trade body, The Property Care Association (PCA) has produced a free guide to provide an insight into what preservation surveys entail. The PCA represents the building preservation industry, and specialises in structural maintenance, waterproofing,

TheMoveChannel.com give us their insight on what consumers are looking for during the conveyancing process. Conveyancers are an essential part of the property investment process. Everything from the price of a property and its fixtures

The UK is hungry for energy. Its population growth demands more resources at a time when it must reduce its dependency on coal, rapidly dwindling North Sea oil and imported energy. With commitments to achieve

The Adjudication Committee of the SRA has resolved to intervene into Kanwar Bhan, Monika Narad and Mohammad Rashid Shaikh and their firm GS Law LLP (formerly PHD Law LLP). The ground for intervention for the

In the 12 months to June 2013 UK house prices increased by 3.1%, up from a 2.9% increase in the 12 months to May 2013. According to the latest House Price Index from the Office

The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles, said yesterday that government action to help kick-start the housing market was working. Mr Pickles said that housing supply and confidence is now increasing,

The Society of Licensed Conveyancers (SLC) has announced that CLS Ltd, Geodesys and STL Group will be sponsoring its summer road show events, taking place across the country this September.   The SLC and Legal

Rocket Lawyer is launching a UK first as it offers all consumers access to free legal services for three days. They started in the USA and are now the most widely used online legal service

The Land Registry have issued a warning not to open emails which appears to be from the Land Registry that ask you to disclose personal or payment information. They will never ask you to disclose

If the Help to Buy scheme threatens to create a housing bubble, the new Bank of England governor has pledged to bring it to an end. Speaking to Sky News, Mark Carney said the scheme

The Land Registry has opened up their electronic Document Registration Service (e-DRS) to every professional customer who sends an application to change the register. Previously the service was only open to conveyancers but the Land

UK house prices have increased by 3.9% from July 2012, their highest annual rate since August 2010. According to the latest Nationwide House Price Index the average UK home is now worth £170,825. Robert Gardner,

In the second quarter of 2013 lenders advanced 40,000 mortgages to buy-to-let investors, worth £5.1 billion. According to data published by the Council for Mortgage Lenders (CML), both the number of buy-to-let loans and the

New mortgage lender, Magellan Homeloans, has launched a pilot mortgage service aimed at borrowers unable to gain mortgages from traditional high street lenders. Their target market is borrowers who have experienced a one-off life event

Prospective second time buyer are now likely to wait 14 years before moving on from their first home. According to the Post Office’s Step-Up report second-time buyers now wait 15 years longer than in the

Thursday’s ITV Fraud Squad programme revealed how fraudsters stole £7.8 million from Britain’s banks in a sophisticated mortgage fraud. The programme showed the Economic Crime Department of the City of London Police at work, as

Wakefield-based solicitors Beaumont Legal has announced plans to hire 35 new members of staff as part of their plans to become the largest conveyancing firm in the UK within the next three years. Beaumont Legal

The managing director of Beresfords has called for a new 2% stamp duty land tax tier. Paul Beresford believes a 2% tier between £250,000 and £375,000 could substantially increase the number of transactions. He suggested

The Legal Services Board (LSB) has decided to grant the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) application to make rule changes in relation to referral fees. The decision follows a CLC review and consultation, carried out

The OFT has announced today that it has opened formal investigations into three quick house sale firms for alleged unfair practices. Some consumers may have lost tens of thousands of pounds thanks to the practices

The number of ‘trapped renters’, tenants who would like to buy but can’t afford to, has risen from 56% a year ago to 60%, of those 31% have owned property previously. According to research from

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) has made three new additions to its board. Chairman James Sherwood-Rogers will continue to Chair the board with Paul Albone of the TM Group – one of the

The Land Registry’s property fraud line has taken 505 calls and emails in its first six months of operation. The property fraud line was launched on 5 February 2013 for owners to alert the Land

Countrywide PLC, one of the largest conveyancers in the country, has revealed profits from conveyancing of £3.4million. The company’s reports for the six months to June 2013 revealed that profits increased 12%, or £0.4million, compared

Over the last year the number of interventions the SRA has undertaken has fallen by 25%, compared to the previous year. According to the SRA’s quarterly performance report 38 firms were closed in the year

The use of fake identity details or the impersonation of an innocent victim now accounts for 52% of all fraud. According to the latest Fraudscape Bulletin produced by CIFAS, the UK’s Fraud Prevention Service, overall

The What Mortgage Awards shortlists have been revealed, following the initial voting phase for the awards. This year the What Mortgage Awards will be celebrating a landmark 20 years of rewarding and recognising the very