Liverpool Ready to launch Local Land Charges Register
The city of Liverpool, 2008’s capital of culture, is ready to be one of the first cities in England and Wales to embrace the Local Land Charges (LLC) register, a digitised service provided by HM Land Registry. The LLC system will allow solicitors across England and Wales to instantly access vital data used to carry […]
Liverpool property market nears £1bn milestone as city prepares for digital switchover
Liverpool housing market sees 124% growth in five years, as annual value of sales grows to £996m in 2017 House prices have increased by over £20,000 (16%) since 2012, with the average house price reaching £148,031 Market activity has also soared with housing transactions up by 93% since 2012 Digitisation of Liverpool’s Local Land Charges […]
Smaller ‘Challenger Conveyancing firms’ boost annual transactions
The lower half of top 100 conveyancing firms, known as ‘challenger firms’, have seen the biggest increase in transactions rather than the larger established firm brands during the second quarter of 2018, according to Search Acumen report. In the second quarter, the report found that total conveyancing volumes for England and Wales grew 14% annually […]
23% Annual Growth Sees Challenger Firms Set The Pace Among Top Conveyancers
Search Acumen Conveyancing Market Tracker – Q2 2018 edition Firms ranked between 51st and 100th experienced largest yearly transaction growth (23%) as the challenger firms set the pace within the top 100, building on momentum from 2017 Those ranked 1st to 50th follow closely behind with 19% annual growth Total conveyancing volumes for England and […]
Award winning Conveyancer Lawyer Talks about his career journey
Specialist residential property lawyer, Jonathan Achampong has recently won ‘Conveyancer of the Year’ at the 2018 Modern Law Conveyancing Awards. This prestigious event, held in the Rum Warehouse in Liverpool, celebrates successes and achievements in the UK Conveyancing market. Jonathan is a partner at Wedlake Bell LLP, a full service law firm based in the […]
Conveyancers comment on low growth in UK house prices
House prices increased by 3% in the year to May 2018 (down from 3.5% in April 2018) according to the Office of National Statistics. This is its lowest annual rate since August 2013 when it was also 3.0%. The annual growth rate has slowed since mid-2016 and has remained under 5%, with the exception of […]
Housing completions take ‘sharp turn in the wrong direction’
Andy Sommerville, Director at Search Acumen, comments on today’s MHCLG housebuilding statistics:
Bucking the trend of overselling with basket optimisation
In recent years, we’ve seen an abundance of property reports enter the market. The proliferation of choice has taken hold of the conveyancing industry, and lawyers are increasingly at risk of being overwhelmed by the multitude of data on offer.
“The intelligent use of property data could be the silver bullet for the UK’s housing crisis”
Search Acumen comments on ONS House Price Index
Blockchain revolution?
Blockchain. It’s been branded as the future of just about everything and is soon expected to infiltrate all aspects of how we live our lives, from banking to tax returns and voting.
Conveyancing activity bounces back with big gains in early 2018
Conveyancing market roars into 2018 with a 12% increase in cases compared with Q4 2017 and a 11% increase compared to the same time last year Healthiest quarter for registered cases in nearly two years, while average firm cases up to an 18-month high The total number of firms completing between 200 and 500 transactions […]
Peter Sowerby – a tribute from Today’s Conveyancer
Yesterday everyone at Today’s Conveyancer were all very saddened to hear the news that Peter Sowerby had passed away.
‘The void between supply and demand is still widening by the day’
Andy Sommerville, Director at Search Acumen, comments on MHCLG Housebuilding Statistics Q4 2017:
Conveyancers experience first annual drop in workload in six years
Search Acumen Conveyancing Market Tracker – 2017 end-of-year edition Conveyancing volumes shrunk by 12% last year – from 1,077,959 in 2016 to 952,966 in 2017 – the first annual drop in workloads since 2011, reflecting a subdued property market The average firm completed 171 transactions in 2017, down 11% on 2016 and down 1% from […]
“With wage growth falling, inflation biting and savings stagnating, home buyers are feeling the pinch”
Search Acumen comments on ONS House Price Index, December 2017 Andy Sommerville, Director at Search Acumen, comments:
Today’s Conveyancer Feature: Brexit and the Property Market
Brexit talks are to enter the second stage of negotiation following an announcement made in Brussels earlier today. During a press conference this morning, the President of the European Commission and the UK Prime Minister announced that a deal had been struck with the European Union, and Brexit negotiations would now move on to trade. […]
‘Chancellor increasingly has no option but to put the UK’s housing crisis at the top of his Budget agenda’
Andy Sommerville, Director of Search Acumen, comments on October’s HMRC Property Transactions: “Sluggish and slow have been the recent words of choice to describe the UK’s housing market, yet October’s figures depict the contrary. Last month witnessed 2017’s busiest month in terms of residential transactions, and a rise of almost 10% since the same point […]
Challenger firms take advantage as conveyancing market bounces back in Q3
Search Acumen Conveyancing Market Tracker – Q3 2017 edition UK conveyancing market recovers from significant drop in activity seen in Q2 2017 as the average firm enjoys highest caseload since Q3 2016 Challenger firms have capitalised on an uptick in activity while the top five firms see sluggish growth in case volumes Conveyancing firms ranked […]
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England’s new homes shortfall will reach more than one million by 2022
After more than a decade of sluggish output in the housebuilding sector, England faces a growing gulf between new build completions and new households being added to the population Since 2005, England has experienced a cumulative shortfall of more than 530,000 new homes; projections for the next five years predict a shortfall of a further […]