After the wettest February on record, storm Ciara, Dennis and Jorge have caused further damage, flooding and devastation across the UK, this winter. The flooding has already caused widespread travel chaos, left over 3000 homes flooded, forcing thousands more to evacuate, and sadly costing the lives of 5 people. On the 17th of February, there […]
CA Affiliate member, Groundsure, is pleased to confirm today its role as a founding member of the new conveyancing search industry trade body, the Conveyancing Information Executive (CIE). Along with the other founding partners, Groundsure has launched the new trade body in order to continue to progress professional standards surrounding conveyancing searches and the data […]
It’s likely there will be some kind of uplift for properties in the vicinity of HS2 hubs and stations. However I would think it unlikely that the effect would be so pronounced as the 30-60% uplift reported around Crossrail stations, given that Crossrail is opening up easy commuting in the very heated London property market. […]
The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, is using its Annual Conference next month to look at the future for the sector with a range of seminar sessions outlining what firms might expect and the models they might wish to adopt in order to survive and thrive. The Conference, which […]
The Friday before Christmas is one of the busiest travel days of the year as hundreds of thousands of people frantically try and return home with bags full of presents and minds full of Christmas cheer. However, this festive season, this annual migration was disrupted because of excessive flooding which hit Sussex and the South […]
CA Affiliate member, LexisNexis Enterprise Solutions, has today announced that the UK’s largest provider of conveyancing legal services, Simplify, has selected LexisNexis® Visualfiles™ as its group-wide software platform for case and legal process management. Following a successful pilot, Simplify is now embarking on a phased roll-out of the solution. In February 2019, it was announced that […]
CA Affiliate member, Groundsure, the environmental search specialist providing property search solutions to the UK conveyancing market, has today announced the acquisition of Mining Searches UK, a specialist in historical mining risk. The combined business will have a compelling and broad product set, with geo-environmental experts and geospatial data scientists providing advice and information products […]
CA Affiliate member, Groundsure, has announced it is one of the official sponsors for all Women In Residential Property events in 2020. Women in Residential Property (WIRP) hosts regular events for women who work throughout the residential property sector. It provides an informal environment for networking and sharing knowledge, with the aim of encouraging collaboration […]
As the global climate undergoes rapid and unprecedented changes, the frequency and severity of flood events in the United Kingdom are due to increase. In the first two weeks of November 2019, the UK received a huge deluge of rain, which resulted in widespread river and surface water flooding. Subsequently, the Environment Agency (EA) issued […]
Coadjute, a network for decentralised workflow and data sharing within the property industry, have agreed a project to develop new mortgage and home buying technology with a consortium of firms, including CA Affiliates, and banks including NatWest. The purpose of the technology is to speed up and simplify the entire home buying process and make […]
