by Rob | Dec 8, 2020 | Alerts, News
Emails misusing the names of Nick Atkins and Hogan Lovells, in relation to a supposed inheritance claim issue.
by Rob | Dec 8, 2020 | News
The UK’s largest housebuilder has scrapped ground rents and is now starting to offer 999-year leases and zero ground rent on new-build homes.
by Rob | Dec 8, 2020 | News
MPs lobbied by agents to extend the stamp duty holiday are staying firmly on the fence with standard answers and no suggestion – at least yet – that they will help the industry.
by Rob | Dec 8, 2020 | News
The latest Halifax index shows prices surging 7.6 per cent to £253,243 in the year to the end of November, with the market in recent months at its strongest since 2004.
by Rob | Dec 8, 2020 | News
The health secretary has made the comments in response to a letter from an estate agent and constituent in Suffolk.
by Rob | Dec 8, 2020 | News, Updates
Application form ID4: certificate of identity for a corporate body.
by Rob | Dec 8, 2020 | News, Updates
Application form ID3 to prove your identity when lodging an application to HM Land Registry.
by Rob | Dec 8, 2020 | News
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has reported a rise in cases involving fraudulent property conveyancing work and are alerting agents carrying out property conveyancing work on behalf of sellers or buyers that they could be at risk.
by Rob | Dec 8, 2020 | News
Santander have revealed that they will only allow UK residents to make mortgage applications for residential and buy-to-let mortgages from 1 January 2021.
by Rob | Dec 8, 2020 | News
As many as 3,000 law firms could be forced to close or merge over the next few years after the conveyancing bubble bursts and the recession really kicks in.
by Rob | Dec 7, 2020 | Alerts, News
Emails sent claiming to be from Natasha Moore of Woodfines LLP, containing a phishing link.
by Rob | Dec 7, 2020 | Alerts, News
A member of the public has received an invoice falsely claiming to be from “Balfour Arlington-Whit” for services in relation to an investment transaction.
by Rob | Dec 7, 2020 | News
LKP is calling for developers and freehold owners to pay significant sums to make good building safety failings that have emerged in the cladding scandal.
by Rob | Dec 7, 2020 | News, Updates
Advice on the execution of deeds that are to be submitted to HM Land Registry (practice guide 8).
by Rob | Dec 7, 2020 | News, Updates
The guide provides information about temporary changes to HM Land Registry’s evidence of identity requirements because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak (practice guide 67A).
by Rob | Dec 7, 2020 | News
Transactions already underway in the sector may not complete before the deadline due to hold ups and delays because of unprecedented pressures on the conveyancing industry – But who in the sector is causing the hold ups?
by Rob | Dec 4, 2020 | News
Rob Hailstone, chief executive of the Bold Legal Group, says some lenders are struggling under the current pressure of work.
by Rob | Dec 4, 2020 | News
New legislation designed to prevent another Grenfell-type tragedy is at danger of worsening the cladding crisis that has paralysed parts of the UK housing market, warns Mary-Anne Bowring, group managing director at Ringley.
by Rob | Dec 4, 2020 | News
Sky News, which broke the news last night, says that Hunters, chaired by Tory MP Kevin Hollinrake, is in early-stage talks with TPFG about a deal.
by Rob | Dec 4, 2020 | News
Legal mental health charity, Lawcare is urging legal professionals to join over 1,350 fellow colleagues to make their voice heard and tell their story in a ground-breaking research study.