According to the latest Housing Market Activity report from Connells Survey & Valuation the number of valuations held up well during August. There is typically a seasonal dip in August, but despite a 10% dip

The August RICS Housing Market Report showed little change from the previous month’s survey. There was stability across all seasonally adjusted key indicators pointing to a broadly flat trend in prices at national level. The

As part of the SRA’s new outcomes focused approach, a pilot supervision project ran from January to September last year. The project focussed on over 100 firms of various sizes across the country and has shown positive

The Property Surveyors Standards Board (PSSB) will regulate the Home Condition Survey (HCS) and develop associated products. The PSSB as a result of collaboration between the SAVA (Surveyor and Valuers Accreditation), BRE (the Building Research

With less than a third of all conveyancers having both Twitter and Facebook pages, how important is social media to firms? Today’s Conveyancer has carried out a survey of the top 100 conveyancers, as per

The Society has called on Secretary of State for Business Vince Cable to support a long term solution to issues surrounding the composition of panels. In a letter to members Law Society chief executive Desmond

The SRA is hoping to engage with conveyancing firms in order to reduce the risk of mortgage fraud. As well as being the subject of a number of complaints, conveyancing accounts for a high proportion

Residential property firm specialists Move with Us have said homeowners who want to sell their home by Christmas need to have their house on the market by the 7th of September. The firm has analysed

Lawyers flock to LFS Conveyancing Conference Ricoh Arena 20th September  With less than 2 weeks before the LFS Conveyancing Conference there are only  a few tickets left. Tickets cost £120 + vat and you will

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is seeking opinions on introducing more lenient sanctions for those who disclose their breaches of the Code of Conduct. The SRA’s Board has agreed to consult on its draft Co-operation

Former surveyor Mark Prisk has been welcomed into his new post as Housing Minister following this week’s reshuffle. The Residential Property Surveyors Association (RPSA) has said they hope to work closely with the minister over

As from 1st September, squatting in a residential property becomes a criminal offence with a maximum penalty of imprisonment for six months and/or a fine of £5,000.00. Squatting, as described by Wikipedia, is the occupation

Countrywide are one of the country’s leading estate agency and property services groups. When declaring their recent financial results they described their conveyancing offering as “industry leading”. A statement backed up when they recently picked

HSBC’s panel is now including the nearly 1,700 members of the CQS scheme across England and Wales. Law Society chief executive Desmond Hudson said: “That number continues to rise ensuring that HSBC mortgage customers have

The Law Society is hoping to set up regional meetings to seek the views of its members on separate representation. Any members wanting to attend a meeting should email panel.events@lawsociety.org.uk indicating the nearest town or

A GfK NOP survey of 2,000 consumers has found that trust in building societies is far higher than banks across a number of categories. The number of people who feel building societies value them as

Bank of England figures have revealed 47,312 mortgages were approved last month, up from 44,124 in June. Paul Hunt, managing director of Phoebus Software said the signs of recovery in the market were uplifting and

Growth of 6.5% in London has helped drive an overall increase in prices of 0.8% in July. The average asking price reached £162,900, representing a 0.3% annual increase. This overall increase came despite more than

JLT has warned that the rise in two-year solicitors’ professional indemnity (PI) insurance contracts could end up costing law firms more money. The end of the costly assigned risks pool (ARP) from this year’s renewal

The FirstBuy shared equity scheme has helped Persimmon Homes to an increase in new homes sales. The government-backed initiative has enabled more first-time buyers to get a foot on the housing ladder by making it

The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) has responded to calls for increased transparency by producing a document detailing its processes and the sanctions it can impose. Tribunal president Andrew Spooner said: “The guidance effectively codifies in

The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) has granted an ABS licence to Total Conveyancing Services, the trading name of LMS Direct Conveyancing Limited. June Mulroy interim Chief Executive, CLC, said: "We are very pleased to

A limited number of spaces are still available for the SLC regional road shows. They start in a few days and will provide delegates with access to a range of industry updates. Each delegate will

The 2012/13 fees framework for the SRA has been confirmed by the Law Society Council and Legal Services Board. It will maintain the same fee structure as last year. Solicitors are encouraged to use the

Whilst fraud across the wider financial services industry has decreased attempted mortgage fraud has increased. According to the research by Experian, 39 in every 10,000 mortgage applications were fraudulent in the second quarter of 2012,

The LMS remortaging survey has shown that after an 18 month low, gross remortgage lending for July was up 13% from June. The overall figure of £3.5bn is low by historic comparisons and down on

Conveyancing Liability Solutions Ltd has issued the following statement relating to Chancel Repair Liability. 30 households in Broadway, Gloucestershire have been alerted that Chancel Repair Liability has just been registered against their title at the

Sarah Hill Wheeler, a property solicitor and one of the authors of Ruoff & Roper “On Registered Conveyancing” talks to us about property fraud and the impact this can have. The webinar looks at: –

Sarah Hill Wheeler, a solicitor and one of the authors of Ruoff & Roper On Registered Conveyancing talks us through the issues you need to know about when it comes to the increasingly popular solar

Gemma Shepherd-Etchells of Gem Legal Training talks us through the recent changes to the Solicitors Handbook and what these mean for legal practitioners. Outcomes focused regulations is adapted from the Financial Services Authority’s “principles based

Sarah Hill Wheeler, a property solicitor and one of the authors of Ruoff & Roper “On Registered Conveyancing” talks to us about the Standard Conditions of Sale which are now in their fifth edition, published