Link to Vibrant Energy Announced
 

We have now linked to Vibrant Energy, a nationwide supplier of Energy Performance Certificates.  They will provide an EPC anywhere in the country for £80. You can order the EPC from within CASA and this will pass the data through to Vibrant without having to re key the details.  We are working on providing integration with personal search agencies.  This will enable users to order several elements of the pack directly from within CASA at the click of a button.
 

First day marketing for HIPs is due to become effective on the first day of June.  The regulations will then apply as they were originally drawn up, that is to say that a HIP must be available before the property is marketed.  This is a further opportunity to discuss supplying HIPs to your local independent estate agent.  They will want the assurance and comfort of knowing that they can depend and rely on a local supplier rather than a HIP factory that will just not be able to help in cases where urgent action is required. We can help supply a sample pack for you to market to your estate agents, or prepare a power point demonstration or help you with a presentation to local estate agents.

To find out more, trial the HIP pack creation wizard and get the Vibrant upgrade contact the support team.

Changes to SDLT Announced in the Budget

There were some changes to SDLT announced in the budget. A summary of those changes are explained on the next page  Click Here.  For a full explanation of any of the announcements please visit the SDLT section on the HMRC web site http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/so/summary-budget-measures.htm

Changes to District Land Registry Offices
 

The Land Registry have announced that their planned closure to the Harrow and York offices has been implemented.  Properties in Craven, Hambleton, Harrogate, Richmondshire, Rydale, Scarborough and Selby District councils are now being dealt with the Kingston Upon Hull office.  York City and East Riding of Yorkshire by the Durham (Southfield House) office.  Brent and Harrow London Borough are being dealt with by the Swansea office.  Westminster City Council and Camden London Borough are being dealt with by the Croydon office.  Corporation of London and Islington Borough Council are being dealt with by the Stevenage office.  There will be an update to CASA to reflect these changes together with the April Fee update later in the month.

Client I.D system released:

Our client I.D check system is now ready for use and integrated into CASA please call our support team on 01483 419025 select option 1 for more details.

Maria's CASA Tips:
You can now insert your URL links (those that have entered in CASA's tool bar in the matter screen) as a workflow item.  To link your URL in a stage go to the Workflow Builder in System Administration select the transaction type, highlight the workflow stage where you want the URL to appear. Then in step three select the URLs tab and select the required site address.

News from the Support Team:

We are sorry to say that we have said goodbye to Lisa the latest addition to our support team.  She has left for family reasons and we wish her every happiness in her future. 

News from the Development Team:

The work announced in the last newsletter regarding the stand alone version of the client I D checking is progressing well and this is planned to be released early May.

The finishing touches are being put to the new financial statement functionality. This will enable multiple deposits to be shown and more detail with regards to new mortgages. A function to show the amount on the bill as one amount has also been incorporated. For those who want to maintain their existing settings these changes are optional. This functionality is planned to be released by the end of the month. 

Work is also progressing on combining the HIPs wizard within the normal sale transactions.  This will mean that the full transactional functionality will be available with the HIPs wizard.  This work is planned to be finished during May. 

There are also enhancements planned to the reminder system and the Track-A-Matter routine.  These are future projects and more news on these developments will be in the next newsletter