Following our report last week that the CLC have appointed Jane Mulroy as their new interim Chief Executive the Society for Licensed Conveyancer has welcomed the new appointment. A SLC spokesperson said:“The Society of Licensed

On April 2nd, GroundSure launched a new commercial environmental report for agricultural land and farms.The development of this new product was spurred on by market demand. The primary objective of GroundSure Agricultural is to respond

Richard Mathias of Law Firm Services is as well known in the conveyancing market for holding strong opinions as he is for his annual conveyancing conference.  This September,  Richard is not only holding a conveyancing

With only a few days to go before the first Bold Legal Group conference Rob Hailstone is looking forward to having over 90 people attend to hear their plans.

Lenders are annoyed about the way the compensation fund is being managed in light of new figures from the SRA that indicate that mortgage fraud claims against the compensation fund for fraud by solicitors are

The Halifax House Price Index has been released and shows a very slight quarterly change, although prices in March rose by 2.2%.  In the first three months of 2012 house prices were 0.1% lower than

The RICS UK Housing Market Survey for March has been released today.  It shows that there is a trend moving towards price stabilisation.   The net price balance advanced from -13 to -10 in March.

Myhomemove have recently been celebrating the appointment of Doug Crawford as their new Chief Executive but also a strong year for growth.  Already considered one of the largest independent providers of conveyancing services in both

The Law Society of Scotland is holding discussions with Nationwide Building Society following the UK-wide review by the building society of its solicitors’ panels which is reported to be reducing the panel from approximately 700

Yesterday I attended the Society for Licensed Conveyancers final regional meeting to present their findings on how to deal with conveyancing risk for lenders.  About 25 licensed conveyancers attended the meeting most of whom recognised

The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) has appointed June Mulroy as interim Chief Executive.  Working in both private and public sectors, Mulroy’s experience has largely been in financial services and includes stints with Coopers (PwC)

The Legal Services Board’s (LSB) decision not to approve the Council for Licensed Conveyancers’ (CLC) application to regulate both litigation and advocacy services must have been very disappointing but they remain upbeat about future approval.

Yesterday we reported on the Law Society update about changes to Nationwide’s lender panel.  The Building Society has informed the Law Society that it will be suspending those firms that have performed less than four

New research by Hometrack reveals that the Olympics have yet to have an effect on residential property values in Stratford, the area adjacent to the Olympic site.  Measuring using a £ per square foot (£psf)

The Hometrack Monthly National Housing Survey was released yesterday and the data shows a 0.2% increase in the monthly average house price.  This is the first increase for 20 months.  The average time that a

Royal Mail’s Regulator has recently allowed Royal Mail to set their own prices for first-class and business mail.  This has seen an increase of 30 per cent on first-class mail and 39 per cent on

The recent announcement from the Office for Legal Complaints (OLC) of the three year Strategy and its Business Plan for 2012-13 for the Legal Ombudsman has an emphasis on ensuring the service remains both modern

Des Hudson, Law Society Chief Executive, has written a letter to HSBC’s Head of Lending, following a discussion on BBC Moneybox, offering the same, or comparable, panel management service. Dear Martijn Conveyancing Panel Arrangements During

The response letter to Des Hudson, Chief Executive of the Law Society, from Head of Lending at HSBC, Martin van der Heijden, does not appear to address any of the points mentioned in the original

The SRA have published the following warning to Solicitors: “Information received by the SRA indicates that an office may be operating as Velocity Law Firm or Velocity Law Firm Ltd from 201 Coventry Road, Birmingham,

Neil Rose at Legal Futures exclusively revealed the news that the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) have put plans in place that will see them increase their power when it comes to fining law firms. What

Yorkshire Building Society have chosen Optima Legal to power their new product range of legal fee assistance, with various fixed rate products on offer for a 2 year fixed deal. The offering also includes 3,

TMSecure and CaseID offer process for managing conveyancing instructions and panels TMSecureâ„¢ has joined forces with CaseID to provide lenders with a comprehensive solution for managing open panels.  During 2010 lenders were exposed to an

The Nationwide House Price Index has revealed that in March the average price of a UK house rose from £162,712 to £163,327.  When these figures are seasonally adjusted, this represents a 1% fall from February.

Data released by the Building Societies Association (BSA) shows that lending has increased, indicating a healthy start for the market in 2012.  Gross lending by building societies and mutual lenders was £1,908 million in February

Nationwide released its House Price Index report for the first quarter of 2012 last week.  It shows that seven of the thirteen regions of the UK recorded house price growth, with London the area with

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has released data for February 2012. It shows that gross lending figures were very similar to those for January. Gross mortgage lending in February was an estimated £10.7 billion.

The Law Society reports that Nationwide is to suspend law firms from their lending panel, based on how many transactions the firm have carried out in the last 12 months. Firms will shortly be receiving

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is to issue new guidelines to solicitors and law firms, ensuring that they are “Deaf aware”, according to Legal Futures. Research has been carried out, on behalf of the SRA,

The British Banking Association (BBA) has released data for February 2012.    Gross mortgage lending by banks in February was £7.9 billion.  This is a drop of 1.9% compared with February 2011.  It is also

Conveyancing firms from all parts of the country have been flocking to join the competition to become  “The Overall Conveyancing Firm of the Year” sponsored by Lloyds Banking Group".  With less than a month to

Really Moving demonstrates an 18% real decline in conveyancing prices in the last five years. Conveyancers all know just how stiff competition is in this market.  There are lots of firms in the market offering