CML property and mortgage forecast reaction
The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) property and mortgage forecast has been released this week, showing projected figures for 2015 and 2016. From this data, the CML have revealed mortgage lending will continue to grow within the next two years. Though following a surge during 2013 and the first half of 2014, transactions will develop […]
The exclusive CPD event not to miss – limited spaces available
The latest CPD event, exclusively for legal professionals, is being held on 8th October in Shropshire. The event follows from the county’s very successful seminar last year, which focussed on a range of industry topics around Risk, Compliance and Social Media in the legal sector. This year’s Shropshire CPD seminar is being hosted by none […]
The Real Estate Symposium Dinner on target for 2015 election
Few events have as great an effect on the homebuying public as a general election and with the next one just around the corner this year’s Real Estate Symposium Dinner, facilitated by Search Acumen, will be focussing on what the outcome could mean for property professionals. Whilst some choose to concentrate on the here and […]
Geeks Win … and it gets Personal…. again.
Firstly, congratulations to Geeks — not all geeks everywhere but our technology partner — Geeks Ltd — who won the 2014 Queens Award for Enterprise in Innovation last month. Apart from the fact that we are very pleased for them and proud to be associated with a company who has achieved such a prestigious award; […]
Tech Portal April Fool
Last week for April Fool’s day Search Acumen sent us an article suggesting that they were launching "Bot-Con" a virtual conveyancer that even knew the football scores and was also available in a female version. A number of you noticed and tweeted or commented on the joke. Unfortunately the lending magazine Bridging and Commercial Distributor […]
Intelligent Conveyancing – The Future is not what it used to be
Some of you may have seen the April Fool we published in Today’s Conveyancer last week (https://todaysconveyancer.co.ukvirtual-conveyancers-a-solution-to-the-staff-recruitment-crisis-cms-14087). Of course, it was a bit of fun — even if the anagrammatic Olaf Lipor did not agree! But it was also designed to feed the current industry debate on how an increasingly sparse conveyancing human resource can […]
Virtual conveyancers – a solution to the staff recruitment crisis?
If you were to ask the Head of Conveyancing at almost any legal practice what is their biggest challenge following the recent boom in transactions — the recruitment of high quality staff would be top of the list for most. Swathes of experienced staff lost during the downturn at the start of the decade have […]
Smash the Machine?
Smash the Machine? The whole fracking debate has got me thinking about how we fail to embrace the opportunities that new technologies bring. The fracking protesters seem, to me, to be a combination of modern-day Luddites and NIMBY[1] reactionaries with a blinkered view of the world based on either ignorance or self-interest. Or maybe they are […]
Float Like A Butterfly, Sting like a Bee
When the old boxer returns to ring for one last fight — many of us wince. We see a deluded individual trying to recreate past glories and we know that he is doomed to humiliating failure. I have reflected on this several times in the last few weeks — ahead of the impending launch of […]
Shropshire CPD seminar for solicitors and conveyancers
In response to demand by Shropshire law firms for a CPD seminar in the county, a number of key industry speakers are coming to Telford on 9th October. The session covers a variety of subjects including Risk, Compliance and Social Media and will qualify for 2 hours CPD — well timed due to the cut-off […]
Boom or Crash – What’s Your Money On?
This is my first ever blog – I feel like the first time caller on the radio talk ins. I am not sure how others use this medium. I wanted to reach out to explain why I am returning to the property transaction industry. I want to do this in a way that is less […]
Groundsure and Serac Technologies’ strategic partnership promises ‘quantum leap’ in data accuracy issues faced in conveyancing
A new conveyancing partnership between a climate insights authority and a tech company provides to be a fruitful legal-tech union designed to ‘set a new bar in data quality’. Groundsure, a UK environmental and climate insights authority, has announced that it has entered into a new strategic relationship with Serac Technologies, a tech company that […]
Coup for consultant style firm as it brings in respected headhunter
Alternative Legal Services Provider (ALSP) Bamboo has announced the appointment of respected headhunter Liz Smith to develop the group’s approach to recruitment.Liz brings over 25 years’ experience in talent acquisition and development within the legal sector to her new role at Bamboo. ALSP’s, also know as consultant-style firms, have grown significantly in popularity in recent […]
Breaking down barriers: Can a conveyancers find common ground with an estate agent and a mortgage lender?
There’s no doubt about it. Residential property transactions are taking longer. As our latest market research reveals, the average time it takes from instruction to completion is 19 weeks. That’s a 64% increase compared with 2007. It’s perhaps no surprise then that 72% of the conveyancers we spoke to said protracted timescales were impacting chain […]
HM Land Registry: Celebrating conveyancers
As this week is the first National Conveyancing Week, we wanted to take the opportunity to join others in showing our appreciation for all those who work in the profession. It has been a tough few years that has seen unprecedented sharp rises in volumes. And yet conveyancers have found a way through. Millions are […]