SearchFlow shortlisted for the Modern Law Conveyancing Awards
SearchFlow, the property intelligence specialist, is proud to announce it has been shortlisted in two categories as part of this year’s Eclipse Proclaim Modern Law Conveyancing Awards.
Introducing Omnibox from SearchFlow
SearchFlow, the property intelligence specialists, today launches Omnibox, the intuitive property search bar that allows clients to quickly and easily locate land and property in a Google-style manner with minimal effort.
Conveyancing Association announces support for The ESTAS Conveyancer Awards
The Conveyancing Association, the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, announced at its annual conference last week that it has become the official industry association partner for The ESTAS Conveyancer Awards in a two-year deal. The ESTAS Group, which runs a national customer feedback scheme and produces the largest annual awards event for the […]
Property intelligence specialists SearchFlow to offer award winning Lawyer Checker search products
From today, conveyancers can easily add an Account & Entity Screen search to their order with SearchFlow, adding to the leading search provider’s portfolio offering and their commitment to deliver highly focused, in-depth property intelligence, quickly and efficiently to the conveyancing industry. SearchFlow has over 25 years’ experience in the search industry, carrying out more […]
SearchFlow launches a new digital environmental report for the commercial property market
SearchFlow, property intelligence specialists, launches the first all-encompassing and digital environmental report for the commercial market, which will offer significant time savings for conveyancers and improved transparency for their clients. RiskView Commercial is an “all in one” environmental report, which will analyse four key environmental factors; Contaminated Land, Flood, Ground Hazards and Energy and Infrastructure, […]
SearchFlow shortlisted for supplier of the year award for its delivery of legal services
SearchFlow, property intelligence specialists, has been shortlisted as Supplier of the Year for The British Legal Awards 2016. The award ceremony will take place on 24th November in London and celebrates achievement, excellence and innovation in the legal profession. The Supplier of the Year award recognises the contribution suppliers make to improving delivery of legal […]
Insurers push for upfront flood risk traffic light system but homebuyers urged to investigate further
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) is urging estate agents and property websites to provide up-front information about flood risk, using a simple traffic-light style mark, as it reveals that fewer than one in three people researched the flood risk of the property before buying their current home. Responding to the Association of British Insurers […]
Adaptation to the digital age
Newly appointed director discusses the conveyancing process and challenges facing the profession
Should the residential market fear future Brexit impact?
The latest residential property transaction data shows the market remains resilient to Brexit, though are impact fears premature?
Sole practitioners are leaving themselves more exposed to risk of identity theft
With another case of a solicitor being suspended for failing to carry out money laundering checks, SearchFlow, property intelligence specialists, reveals that sole practitioners are much more exposed to the risk of identity theft, as they fail to carry out electronic money laundering checks. SearchFlow’s latest research on ordering of electronic AMLs reveals that only […]
SearchFlow attracts industry leading business development director
SearchFlow, property intelligence specialists, has attracted a highly renowned Business Development Director, Nick Dyoss to spearhead SearchFlow’s growth, as the company continues to expand and develop into new sectors. Having worked for over 15 years in the conveyancing search industry, Nick Dyoss, who was previously Business Development Director at TM Group, brings with him a […]
SearchFlow comments on the new BoE base rate
SearchFlow Director comments on Bank of England reduction of base rate to new record low of 0.25%
SearchFlow launches unrivalled mapping and ordering tool for conveyancers
SearchFlow, property intelligence specialists, has launched its enhanced online mapping and ordering platform tool for commercial and residential property transactions, offering significant time and cost savings and improved user experience. The platform includes an interactive auto mapping feature which allows conveyancers to simply enter the details of the property and the system intuitively finds and […]
Conveyancers urged to check validity of law firms as bogus firms double over last 4 years
SearchFlow comments on SRA’s finding that more than 700 bogus firms were reported in both 2014 and 2015, a figure that has doubled since 2012. Some 46% of all reports of bogus firms received this year involved the identity theft of a law firm or solicitor with a view to targeting the public into sending […]
SearchFlow responds to HMRC transaction data, June 2016
HMRC transaction data reveals today the number of residential property transactions increased by 4.9% between May 2016 and June 2016. Greg Bryce, Managing Director at SearchFlow, comments: “The figures indicate a slight increase in the transaction level despite the uncertainty during the run up to the referendum. And whilst this is 10.2% lower than the […]
SearchFlow geared up to CON29 changes and business as usual
The Law Society’s revisions to the CON29 forms have now been in place since Monday 4th July and have been rolled out successfully to conveyancers, reports SearchFlow, property intelligence specialists. The changes to CON29 forms have been implemented to improve the quality and consistency of information. In addition, some new mandatory questions to the forms relating […]
SearchFlow hosting webinar on CON29 changes
In partnership with NLIS, SearchFlow will be hosting a webinar on Wednesday June 29th at 10:30am to cover the CON29 changes. The webinar will cover: The CON29 & CON29O Background Recap on changes Enquiry by enquiry in-depth review You can register for this webinar by clicking here. The Law Society’s revisions to the CON29 forms have […]
SearchFlow comments on HMRC’s Property Transaction Data
HMRC transaction data reveals the number of residential property transactions increased by 1.5% between April 2016 and May 2016. The month’s seasonally adjusted figure is 11.9% lower compared with the same month last year. Greg Bryce, Managing Director at SearchFlow, comments: “Despite the modest growth this month and a decline when comparing this time last […]
The number of new homes built rises to 7 year high – SearchFlow comments
The number of newly built homes continues to rise and is now at the highest level since 2008 to 2009 according to Department for Communities & Local Government’s quarterly figures on housebuilding. The figures revealed that 139,690 new homes were completed in the year to March – a rise of 12% on the previous year. Greg Bryce, Managing […]
More than 100,000 fewer transactions in April
The number of transactions in April plummetted by over 100,000 compared with March according to statistics released by HMRC. In total, HMRC say there were 70,690 residential transactions for over £40,000 in April, down from 173,430 in March. April saw the lowest number of transactions in three years. Compared to April in 2015, the number […]