by Rob | Dec 20, 2019 | News
Case taken to the European Court of Justice ends with judges agreeing that Airbnb is a platform and information service but not an agency.
by Rob | Dec 19, 2019 | News
The government has given details of a scheme allowing 30 per cent reductions for what it calls ‘local first time buyers’ and ‘key workers’.
by Rob | Dec 19, 2019 | News
A chain collapsed this week and two young first-time buyers lost £94,000 when they were defrauded of funds they thought they had safely transferred to their solicitor.
by Rob | Dec 19, 2019 | News
The new rule that prohibits solicitors from making unsolicited approaches to members of the public is not a blanket ban on all advertising, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has clarified.
by Rob | Dec 19, 2019 | News
A commercial litigation firm that has acted in high-profile disputes including a shareholder action against Lloyds Banking Group has been instructed to bring a claim on behalf of more than 200,000 mortgage ‘prisoners’.
by Rob | Dec 18, 2019 | News
Number 10 briefings to the national media suggest that the scrapping of Section 21 – long talked about by the previous Conservative government – will be one of four key measures to be announced in Thursday’s Queen’s Speech.
by Rob | Dec 18, 2019 | News
Some 59% of the general public have not heard of the term Build to Rent, research from platform Love to Rent has found.
by Rob | Dec 18, 2019 | News
Three Berkshire based estate agencies were found guilty of fixing the minimum commission rates they charged their customers for over seven years.
by Rob | Dec 18, 2019 | News
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has written to 6,500 law firms asking them to make a declaration that they have a firm-wide risk assessment complying with the anti-money laundering regulations.
by Rob | Dec 17, 2019 | News
A law firm has spoken out about two possible problems in the government’s much-publicised idea of considering Reservation Agreements as a weak of reducing fall-throughs in the house buying process.
by Rob | Dec 17, 2019 | News
The property sector has called for clarification on what’s going to happen to the Help to Buy equity loan scheme after 2023.
by Rob | Dec 13, 2019 | News
It’s a substantial Tory government for the next five years: what does this mean for estate agents, property and the market?
by Rob | Dec 13, 2019 | News
Agents are reacting favourably to news that the Conservatives appear to have won yesterday’s General Election with a large majority.
by Rob | Dec 13, 2019 | News
A practitioner who heads up a conveyancing team is warning homebuyers to be aware of a new scam which abuses freehold properties by placing onerous restrictions on new build freehold homes.
by Rob | Dec 12, 2019 | News
The BBC radio programme You and Yours examined the ‘modern method of auction’ yesterday – with criticism that agents were not transparent with the costs.
by Rob | Dec 12, 2019 | News
Professionals who play a crucial role in conveyancing are furious after being denied access to a government report.
by Rob | Dec 12, 2019 | News
In March of 2019, the Council of Property Search Organisations issued a Freedom of Information Request to MHCLG for release of the Report.
by Rob | Dec 12, 2019 | News
There is a new weed on the block, called Bamboo, which could rival the invasive plant Japanese Knotweed, warns Environet UK.
by Rob | Dec 12, 2019 | News
With less than one month to go until the Fifth Money Laundering Directive is implemented by the Government, an Anti-Money Laundering expert is urging the Government to take immediate action to publish the final regulations.
by Rob | Dec 11, 2019 | News
The level of high loan-to-value lending has hit the highest rate since the financial crisis.
