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 […]
December was a month which started full of uncertainties but, somewhat surprisingly given the political climate we’ve had over the last few years, ended with a greater amount of certainty than we’ve had for some time. The Conservative Party’s General Election victory with a significant majority means that Brexit is now likely to ‘get done’ […]
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 […]
The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today (16th December 2019) outlined its core policy priorities for 2020 and beyond. The CA affirms its commitment to improve the conveyancing process for consumers and conveyancers alike with four priority areas: Leasehold reform: the CA believes the issues with leasehold need […]
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 […]
In November the CA held its final PSB and All-Members’ Meeting of the year in Bristol, during which there was plenty of discussion on the next 12 months and beyond, the policy priorities for the Association and where it would be best placing its resources in order to generate the best results. A significant amount […]
Background This case study provides an interesting example highlighting how timely and pragmatic Groundsure advice can help our customers achieve a substantially better outcome. Despite physical risks at the property being identified, it was not considered that these necessitated immediate or prioritised action. However, the perception of risk between the vendor and purchaser created a […]
