The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today (13th May 2021) welcomed the inclusion of a new Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill as announced in the Queen’s Speech to Parliament. Leasehold reform has been a major workstream of the Association’s over the last six years and it said it […]
The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today (6th May 2021) announced the appointment of a new Non-Executive Chair. Nicky Heathcote, who has over 30 years’ experience in the public sector, takes over as Non-Executive Chair from Paul Smee with immediate effect. As with Paul, Nicky will be […]
The Budget announcement in March dominated proceedings with the industry waiting for a decision to be made on the stamp duty extension, which duly came with an original new deadline of the end of June, followed by a further tapered deadline up until the end of September this year. It left the industry wondering whether […]
The Conveyancing Association, the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today announced Lawyer Checker, the provider of fraud protection products to conveyancers and their clients, has signed up for a further two years as Affiliate Members. Established in 2011 Lawyer Checker is now recognised as an integral element within conveyancing risk management, also […]
Paul Smee, Non-Executive Chair of the Conveyancing Association, said: “The Chancellor has recognised the economic boost which an active housing market gives to the wider economy and we are pleased he is not bringing the support of stamp duty relief to an abrupt conclusion at the end of March. A tapered reduction to the relief […]
The Conveyancing Association, the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today (5th February 2021) announced GlobalX as the latest organisation to join as Affiliate Members. Established over 30 years ago, GlobalX is a provider of property and company information. Each day, GlobalX delivers thousands of accurate, accessible, and cost-effective searches to the UK’s […]
January was a month in which one issue tended to dominate – the stamp duty holiday deadline and the growing industry calls for a tapering and possible extension. Many CA firms are dealing with workloads far in advance of normal, and there has been a variety of industry statistics focusing on the number of potential […]
Terrafirma, a leading provider of ground risk assessment, has today (28th January 2021) become the latest firm to join the Conveyancing Association, the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, as Affiliate members. Established in 2015, Terrafirma provides accurate and innovative mining and ground risk assessment and has grown into a leading provider of property […]
December always brings with it a chance to reflect on the year that has passed and what is to come in 2021. What we do know is that the first quarter of 2021 is likely to be incredibly busy for the conveyancing profession as they seek to ensure property transactions complete before the end of […]
Once again, it is the CA’s focus on the ongoing stamp duty holiday which takes up the bulk of our activity this month. Some were expecting an announcement on an extension to be made during the Chancellor’s Spending Review however that wasn’t forthcoming and the anticipation must be that, if any extension is to be […]
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