Simon Seaton's blog
Monday, 2nd August 11:30am Birmingham and London conveyancing practice, Norman Saville & Co, has been suspended by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).The firm's web site, which now contains a message from the SRA, once claimed to be the UK’s Number One property conveyancing solicitor, with a new instruction e...
Thursday, 20th May 02:05pm Let's talk politics !The question :What is the similarity between the UK electoral system and HIPs?The answer :Neither are perfect but there are no better alternatives !Following the government's announcement of the abolition of HIPs, homeowners selling their properties are no longer required to pro...
Thursday, 13th May 11:37am There is little clarity of how far up the political agenda the issue of HIPS currently stands. For stakeholders involved in the Conveyancing and HIP industry, as well as home-buyers and sellers, it is unclear as to when HIPS will be abolished. There is considerable speculation with r...
Thursday, 13th May 08:31am With the new coalition beginning to find its sea legs, the future of the Home Information Pack is looking increasingly bleak. Though the government has several major issues to focus on, it appears that a Tory promise will be firmly fulfilled in this area.Elimination of the HIP does not e...
Friday, 26th February 08:30am During a week in which both the Daily Mail and OFT highlighted concerns regarding referral fees paid by conveyancing solicitors to Estate Agents, the Guardian Newspaper has pointed out that it is cheaper to buy your HIP direct rather than through an Agent.
“..research showed that the Ha...
Friday, 26th February 07:05am Shadow Housing Minister Grant Shapps lashed out this week in response to an email sent by the Association of HIP providers (AHIPP ) via their PR agency. Hundreds of MPs and candidates received the email consisting of a letter attacking the Conservatives’ plans to scrap Home Information P...
Monday, 22nd February 01:11pm The Daily Mail today published an article entitled “Is your estate agent taking 'bribes' from your lawyer?” which recommends the following sensible advice when appointing a conveyancing solicitor:
Do:
· Keep everything simple a...
Wednesday, 3rd February 06:36am
A popular Norwich city pub is opening its bar to businesses involved in house-buying to help people in the Golden Triangle understand conveyancing in Norwich The ‘Unthank Arms’ in Newmarket Street, is opening its doors to an estate agent, a conveyancing solicitor, a Home Informat...
Sunday, 31st January 07:18am
The question of whether a seller can be sued for misinformation in the conveyancing process has hit the press. The question was raised last week in the Daily Mail article: ‘Banker sues couple who sold him £1.9million Thames home 'because river floods his garden'’
T...
Thursday, 28th January 08:24pm A recent report suggested that referral payments made by solicitors are ‘the least important consideration’ for estate agents when recommending conveyancing firms to clients.
I have my doubts about this as the report makes no acknowledgement of the fact that some of the largest estate a...
