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House prices fuelled by persistent market dynamics

15 December 2021

Andy Sommerville, Director at Search Acumen, says: “These latest figures show that house prices continue to climb due to ongoing market forces driving pricing, albeit at a less frenetic pace than at the peak of the Stamp Duty holiday. We are still seeing very high prices that were last seen before the financial crash in 2007. 


Award Winning Service Provider of the Year – Perfect Portal

15 December 2021

Perfect Portal is proud to announce that they have won the 2021 LEAP Modern Law Conveyancing Awards Service Provider of the Year. A testament to their commitment and dedication towards exceptional service, unmatched quality, and technological advancements in legal technology. 


SearchFlow launches 2022 State of Residential Real Estate Market report for Law Firms

15 December 2021

SearchFlow – one of the UK’s largest providers of legal due diligence data for residential and commercial property transactions – has released a new guide that considers the anticipated trends for the residential property industry in 2022 and beyond.


Another announcement: Are your comms channels ready?

15 December 2021

As the Prime Minister’s Plan B is rolled-out to tackle the Omicron variant – businesses should be prepared for the impact on their communications’ infrastructure. Here, Bernadette Bennett, Head of the Legal Sector at leading outsourced communications provider Moneypenny highlights the importance of making communication with customers, prospects and suppliers as easy as possible as another Covid-Christmas approaches.


Landmark’s Data Insights Report discusses land contamination risk in England & Wales

15 December 2021

Landmark Information has today announced the publication of the second edition of its Data Insights Report for property and land professionals, which this time delves into the history and origin of land contamination across England and Wales.


Digital AP1: five things conveyancers must know

15 December 2021

With the deadline announced and a clear path to further the digitalisation of the conveyancing process, firms should be on top of the key challenges they need to overcome during the transition.


‘Data’ is the engine that will drive business strategy and business development in professional services firms in 2022

15 December 2021

During the height of the pandemic in 2020, organisations intuitively weathered the uncertainty, breaking free from traditional approaches to business operation, including for business development and marketing. 2021 brought on newer challenges such as labour shortages, the Great Resignation, supply chain issues, and inflationary trends.


Your vote matters – Customer Satisfaction for Local Authority Searches Award

14 December 2021

Land Data has opened its 2022 Local Land Charges Awards for Excellence and is asking conveyancers to nominate and provide feedback on the local authority Local Land Charges team that has delivered a consistently high level of customer service throughout the past year.


tmgroup Welcomes New Era of Fully Digital AP1 Submission

14 December 2021

tmgroup have welcomed the announcement of HM Land Registry’s plans for AP1 submission to go fully digital from November 2022. The announcement heralds a significant moment in industry history, as the first time the agency has made a digital channel mandatory.


Dan and Ben complete the Tower Street Finance team of 2021

14 December 2021

As part of our continued growth, we’ve welcomed four new colleagues to the Tower Street Finance team over the last month and this week we’re excited to announce another two have joined us to complete our 2021 team. Dan Holland is the new addition to our business development team and Ben Ivory will be strengthening our underwriting operation.

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