The Department for Communities and Local Government published their English Housing Survey (EHS) Headline Report 2010-11 today.  The report shows a downward trend in owner occupiers with just 66 per cent of households being owner

Fraudsters got more than they bargained for when savvy underwriters at Masthaven, a bridging lender, alerted the authorities to a suspicious application, according to Mortgage Introducer. The fraudsters were claiming that they owned a property

Solicitor Estate Agents in Scotland sold 22,537 properties in 2011, with a combined value of £4 billion, reports Property Talk Live. In Scotland the solicitor plays a leading part in the sale of homes, unlike

Today’s Conveyancer readers are able to take advantage of a discount offered by Legal Futures on the upcoming conference, The new frontiers of law, which will be held on 23 April in London. Sessions will

Peppermint Technology, the legal technology innovator, has a new offering for firms that want to enhance their client offering. The ‘Collaboration Suite’ is a “fully collaborative communication tool” and, as a key part of the

The value of fraud reached record levels in 2011 despite recorded cases dropping by 20 per cent, according to KPMG’s Fraud Barometer. Fraud totalled £3.5 billion in 2011, Mortgage Finance Gazette reports, with the last

Countrywide Chief Executive, Grenville Turner, welcomes the announcement from Grant Shapps to “put housing centre stage”, commenting: "Today’s announcement by the Housing Minister is a positive signal of the government’s intentions to bring housing to

The Housing Minister, Grant Shapps, has announced his intention to “go the extra mile” for buyers looking to get on the housing ladder by launching the NewBuy Guarantee scheme in March 2012. The scheme will

Jaunita Gobby the well-respected founder of Legal Eye Ltd has recruited a new Associate, Priya Anand Patel, to support the significant increase in new business she has experienced over the past 12 months. With Outcome

Russell Jones & Walker (RJW) is to provide conveyancing services after the purchase by Slater & Gordon, an Australian listed law firm, according to Solicitors Journal. Slater & Gordon have taken full advantage of the

Since March 2011 the FSA has reviewed the 22 firms that are regulated by the FSA to conduct Sale and Rent Back transactions the outcome of which has been to effectively suspend that market for

The Connells Group has expanded the management team of its Home Conveyancing panel management division by appointing Rani Sohi as Legal Panel Manager. Rani is an experienced conveyancer who will be supporting Conveyancing Services Director

Professional Ethics have provided guidance to the Bold Group on the letter and undertaking that one of the HSBC panel members is using in the new HSBC separate representation process. We talk exclusively to Bold

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Property search provider, PSG, have confirmed that they are the exclusive sponsors of the Law Society Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) networking events being held in March this year. There are five CQS networking events, a

Safe Home Income Plans (SHIP), a “trade body” for equity release providers, has recently released its figures for the last quarter of 2011, which show a marked increase in total advances. Director General of SHIP,

GLP Crumpsall has been the first firm to exit the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS).  GLP Crumpsall are part of GLP Solicitors, a group comprised of independent partnerships who have law practices across Greater

Following a review of its land holdings a Lancashire council is offering three plots of land for sale, with planning permission, to potential self-builders. West Lancashire Borough Council are offering the plots for immediate purchase

The Partnership, a Guildford based legal practice, are in the process of revamping their website so that they can ‘move with the times’ and provide new online services to their clients, including Skype. The development

Corporate recovery specialists, Begbies Traynor, have released their latest quarterly Red Flag Alert, a benchmark of company distress, which shows a year on year increase of 24 per cent of companies facing “critical” levels of

Rightmove recently announced that they had received a record number of visitors to the site, over 34 million pages of traffic, in just one day.  This is the not the first time Rightmove  have broken

Part exchange can remove much of the stress and cost that selling a home brings with it and this could prove to be a key selling tool for developers in 2012, according to Stubbings Property

It is thought that Asda are making plans for a launch into mortgage lending following their registration of an “Asda Money” trademark. Asda have neither confirmed nor denied the reports that it will launch into

Tax avoidance schemes are costing the nation billions of pounds in lost revenue but Chancellor George Osborne is expected to unveil plans that will close the loophole which currently cheats the Treasury out of around

Introduction This is an important case for all solicitors acting for lenders taking security. It also provides a salutary lesson when dealing with redemptions and has a useful summary of the law relating to breach

House buyers are said to be “upbeat” about their prospects of purchasing a property this year, according to research carried out by Santander Mortgages. Director of Santander Mortgages, Phil Cliff, commented: "Given the tough economic

21 February 2012 Conference time: 0900hrs – 1635hrs Holborn Bars, 138-142 Holborn, London, EC1N 2NQ The conveyancing world has changed drastically over the last year impacting lenders, consumers and conveyancers alike. Regulatory reshaping; the economic

SearchFlow last week reminded conveyancers that on the 30 June 2013, the ‘Statement of Principles’ between the Association of British Insurers and the Government, which commits insurers to continue to provide flood insurance under certain

The impact of the continued pressure on conveyancers in 2011 is starkly revealed in statistics from Land Registry. Comparing the number of transfers for value registered by account holders at Land Registry there were 1299

Alternative Business Structures (ABS) will soon be entering the legal marketplace and Eclipse Legal Systems, a UK Case Management Software provider, has been the first to launch an ABS-specific case management system. Eclipse has made

The Government announced its intention to bring in legislation for 2012 which would make “occupying a private property illegally” a criminal offence. Squatters have, until now, been able to stay in a property, providing there

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has been in contact with firms that are still open and covered by the Assigned Risks Pool (ARP) and given them a deadline of April to secure their own cover