by Rob | Jun 4, 2018 | News
Over a third of home movers would be prepared to pay more for a “premium customer service” from their conveyancer, according to new research that also charts how local solicitors have lost ground to licensed conveyancers and online operations.
by Rob | Jun 1, 2018 | News
Buy-to-let lending is down 47% on levels before the introduction of the 3% Stamp Duty surcharge levied on the purchase of additional properties.
by Rob | Jun 1, 2018 | News
A digital vault to hold funds in the homebuying process could remove the need for conveyancers to handle large sums if an escrow service which enabled the UK’s first fully digital mortgage settlement takes off.
by Rob | Jun 1, 2018 | News
The oversight regulator has issued its first public censure after finding that the Law Society broke its internal governance rules between 2014 and 2017.
by Rob | May 30, 2018 | News
Law Society’s position.
by Rob | May 30, 2018 | News
The Bank of Mum and Dad will provide funding towards around a quarter of property purchases this year, according to research.
by Rob | May 30, 2018 | News
Payments provider Shieldpay has helped create the first fully digitised facility for funds to be transferred between a buyer and seller during the exchange and completion process.
by Rob | May 30, 2018 | News
HM Land Registry has set out its aim to have all land in England and Wales which is publicly owned land available for housing to be registered by 2030.
by Rob | May 29, 2018 | News
National estate agency Jackson-Stops claims that the 3% stamp duty surcharge on additional homes is still confusing buyers, despite being in operation for over two years.
by Rob | May 25, 2018 | News
A third of buyers have seen property purchases fall through, with most blaming their mortgage lender for the collapse, research claims.
by Rob | May 24, 2018 | News
Sales fell steeply at the start of this year as transactions slumped across the UK in January, Land Registry data shows. The data builds on separate new HMRC figures, reported by EYE yesterday, showing transactions down in April.
by Rob | May 24, 2018 | News
With the dust having barely settled on the recent Mishcon de Reya Appeal judgment, Today’s Conveyancer was eager to attend the Society for Licensed Conveyancers & Bold Legal Group Roadshow, which took place in Leeds yesterday.
by Rob | May 24, 2018 | News
Over the past 20 years, nearly all aspects of our financial lives have migrated online, from tax returns to banking. Yet arguably the most important and protracted financial process in our lives has remained doggedly devoted to the paper based world.
by Rob | May 23, 2018 | News
Cash-strapped firms must adjust to the ‘new normal’ of fixed fees and low margins for work, new research has concluded.
by Rob | May 22, 2018 | News
Despite numerous reports of a ‘stagnant market’ and predictions of a ‘housing bust’, conveyancers have ‘bounced back after a disappointing end to 2017’.
by Rob | May 22, 2018 | News
A Competition and Markets Authority study concluded that people need better information about legal services to help them shop around more effectively.
by Rob | May 21, 2018 | News
Landmark judgment leaves questions unanswered as solicitors voice renewed concerns over liability for property fraud.
by Rob | May 21, 2018 | News
The housing market shows no signs of crashing as conveyancers were kept surprisingly busy at the start of the year, according to an analysis of official figures published recently.
by Rob | May 18, 2018 | News
A woman who posted on Mumsnet that she was planning on either pulling out of a house purchase or gazundering with a week to go, has been slated by fellow users.
by Rob | May 17, 2018 | News
Yesterday on Property Industry Eye, Rob Hailstone of Bold Legal Group posted that he had drawn up a list of ‘red flags’ for solicitors and agents to be aware of.
