by Rob | Oct 19, 2020 | News
Conveyancers are sending a blunt message to estate agents: transactions will take longer than usual and don’t chase us with queries and questions.
by Rob | Oct 19, 2020 | News
Overheated property market causing delays in the homebuying process.
by Rob | Oct 17, 2020 | Alerts, News
Correspondence has been sent misusing the names of a partner and an associate of Withers LLP.
by Rob | Oct 15, 2020 | News
Access to law firm prices has persuaded more consumers that solicitors are not as expensive as they first thought, new research suggests.
by Rob | Oct 15, 2020 | News
For the first time a senior MP has called on the government to take an equity stake in cladding sites that are remediated with public money.
by Rob | Oct 15, 2020 | News
The government has issued new guidance to estate and lettings agencies on their obligations regarding money laundering issues – and online agencies and deals are singled out for special attention.
by Rob | Oct 15, 2020 | News
Government plans for a levy to fund the fight against financial crime amount to a ‘special tax on the legal profession’, the Law Society said recently.
by Rob | Oct 14, 2020 | News
With many transactions now delayed by up to three weeks by slow searches, a body representing local search providers is urging conveyancers to work with its members as closely as possible to reduce delays.
by Rob | Oct 14, 2020 | News
MPs have presented a bill to parliament that would impose minimum standards on conveyancers to protect homebuyers from ‘unscrupulous’ developers.
by Rob | Oct 13, 2020 | News, Updates
Application form ID4: certificate of identity for a corporate body.
by Rob | Oct 13, 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 | Oct 13, 2020 | News, Updates
Application form ID3 to prove your identity when lodging an application to HM Land Registry.
by Rob | Oct 13, 2020 | Alerts, News
Emails using the domain “@backhouses-uk.com”, misusing the name of Ellie Kenyon of Backhouse Jones Limited.
by Rob | Oct 13, 2020 | News
A platform which signs up vendors and allocates their sale to a high-performing local agent says it sells property two months quicker than the traditional agency model.
by Rob | Oct 13, 2020 | News
The reported “Conveyancing Standards Bill,” a Private Member’s proposal brought before Parliament by MP for Dudley North, Marco Longhi, has prompted a lively response from Bold Legal Group Members.
by Rob | Oct 12, 2020 | News
The Covid-19 pandemic is creating the biggest paradigm shift in the UK property sector since the arrival of the internet yet, after the initial shock of lockdown back in March, the return to work in May has seen large parts of the industry simply revert to the way...
by Rob | Oct 12, 2020 | News, Updates
When dealing with applications by means other than post, DX or personal delivery, the Chief Land Registrar may give notice publicising this.
by Rob | Oct 12, 2020 | News, Updates
Advice on obtaining information held by HM Land Registry regarding court proceedings, insolvency and tax liability (practice guide 43).
by Rob | Oct 12, 2020 | News, Updates
The Chief Land Registrar may publish directions for facilitating registration.
by Rob | Oct 12, 2020 | News
Letting agents, and indeed those who work in sales, are being encouraged to give their views on plans to improve the energy performance of privately rented homes in England and Wales to EPC band C.
