My Home Move Ltd has reported a profit for the financial year to end December 2011, marking a return to profit following a difficult 2010. The Directors’ report and financial statements announced a profit of £994,000, which shows that the company has bounced back from 2010 where a loss of £980,000 was reported. The report [...]

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Over the past year there has been a major shift in conveyancing work, away from the traditional High Street solicitor and towards larger firms of specialist conveyancers, according to a recent survey of Land Registry data. “Cases are increasingly being handled by larger firms as consumers vote with their feet for a faster, less expensive [...]

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According to the conveyancing analyst Reallymoving.com, the biggest population movements in 2011 were from the South East of England to the South West, with Torquay in the English Riviera at the head of the list.  Truro and Exeter were also in the top five locations. “Our research shows that during 2011 the South West claimed [...]

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Get Conveyancing Forms Filled Out Quickly! Right from the start  your conveyancing lawyers will be sending you different documents to complete. Finding time to fill them out is tough and boring but the reality is that your conveyancer will not be able to do any work or progress the transaction with them. Try to think [...]

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It can be a distressing moment to lose the house you have set your heart on, not just because you have already envisaged your new life there, but because you may lose money if you have already retained the services of a conveyancing solicitor and/or surveyor. So what do you do if the property chain [...]

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Hi all, I’ve just published a new article on conveyancing fees. It explains exactly what disbursements are (a much misunderstood term). If you are selling a property and about to instruct a conveyancing solicitor I suggest you take a look. Fore-warned is fore-armed as they say! To your successful house sale. Gavin Brazg (Editor – [...]

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From: Lexi [mailto:lexi67@live.co.uk] Sent: 20 May 2010 21:24 To: feedback@theadvisory.co.uk Subject: Feedback Hi there Firstly thank you for a great impartial site, it really gave us an insight into the minefield of online conveyancing. We were rather sceptical of using an online conveyancing team as opposed to local solicitors, especially when we said to our estate agents we would [...]

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Before embarking on a conveyancing transaction it’s important that you account for all of the conveyancing costs associated to the deal. This looks obvious yet it’s surprising how often clients will reach the point of completion only to realize they are short of funds simply because they haven’t budgeted adequately. Legal Fees Possibly the most [...]

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Home Information Packs have been scrapped! If you are selling a house you no longer need one. However…. …you still need to order an EPC (Energy Performance Certificate) but won’t need to have received the EPC before being able to market your property. An EPC should only cost £50-£100. If you need help finding a [...]

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There appears to be a common myth that online conveyancing is in some manner distinct from the old fashioned kind. I want to put this particular misconception to rest for good. Online conveyancing is in no way different to standard / tradition conveyancing. The sole difference is that rather than visiting a solicitor’s office and [...]

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