In an attempt to revive the property market a conveyancer has introduced a scheme called ‘house swap’ to keep house prices and mortgages up. Apparently people who are looking to move to a bigger house or to downsize are paired with each other in a new part exchange scheme. It is proving quite popular as 50 people have signed up to the programme. ...

Here’s another thing that we don’t really need in a credit crunch... The controversial Home Information Packs (HIPS) have come under new criticism from political parties that will be of interest to conveyancing news. With the property market in a slump, many charted surveyors have long been critical of the implementation of the packs, blaming ...

Before taking the drastic measure of moving countries, there is a little glimmer of hope in the property sector. There was good news for conveyancing solicitors last month when a poll revealed a high level of confidence amongst the British public that the troubled housing market will start to see signs of recovery in the year ahead. This is good ...

All the time we hear on the news discussions about negative financial issues and the so-called ‘financial experts’ advising us how to save money – when ironically some of these people are bankrupt themselves. When it comes to property there is enough to worry about, especially is this climate, so I just leave it all to conveyancing solicitors. ...