by Rob | Jun 27, 2019 | News
A proptech company that offers binding reservation agreements has been endorsed by Phil Spencer. Gazeal, which is led by property lawyer Duncan Samuel, will now be available for users of Spencer’s home-mover’s site Move iQ and across the market.
by Rob | Jun 27, 2019 | News
Phil Spencer and his advice website IQ have endorsed the concept of legally binding reservation agreements and digital legal packs through a partnership with Proptech firm Gazeal.
by Rob | Jun 26, 2019 | News
Eddie Hughes yesterday introduced a parliamentary bill which will see ground rents capped and over 100,000 trapped leaseholders enabled to sell their homes.
by Rob | Jun 26, 2019 | News
A company which promotes property raffles have been told that it cannot repeat certain elements of its advertisements on Facebook and on its website.
by Rob | Jun 26, 2019 | News
Legal technology is still in its infancy and law firms are only beginning to scratch the surface in their understanding of how innovative tech can help the conveyancing process.
by Rob | Jun 24, 2019 | News
The number of residential property transactions in May was a thumping 11.3 per cent lower than the same month last year, raising concerns amongst agents for the market for the rest of 2019.
by Rob | Jun 24, 2019 | News
The march of blockchain-backed property transactions into territory occupied by traditional conveyancers accelerated last week when a high-value commercial building went on the market with online execution offered by a digital platform.
by Rob | Jun 24, 2019 | News
H M Land Registry has said that it has no plans to stop accepting postal orders as payment for title transfer fees.
by Rob | Jun 21, 2019 | News
An online auction service which only came into existence in September last year claims to have 150 partner estate agents already, with a target of 300 by the end of 2019.
by Rob | Jun 20, 2019 | News
On average, quick sale business Property Solvers found that the average home took 16.74 weeks to sell – ie, from initial listing on Rightmove to ‘sold’ status at the Land Registry.
by Rob | Jun 19, 2019 | News
Agents are complaining that it is taking so long for their local authority to turn round searches that deals are falling through.
by Rob | Jun 19, 2019 | News
A series of damning reviews about Purplebricks’ working environment, apparently written by existing and former staff, have appeared online.
by Rob | Jun 19, 2019 | News
A new audit is looking at how the design of residential developments has changed in the past ten years in order to help create a baseline standard for new build developments in the future.
by Rob | Jun 18, 2019 | News
Businesses are sending thousands of low quality suspicious activity reports (SARs) that contain little or no useful intelligence, the Law Commission will tell the government.
by Rob | Jun 17, 2019 | News
Conveyancers are calling on lenders to standardise their mortgage terms on leasehold properties.
by Rob | Jun 17, 2019 | News
Agents with properties to sell in rural areas are being urged to check for septic tanks before marketing commences.
by Rob | Jun 17, 2019 | News
The average leaseholder is now paying £319 in ground rent costs every year and have experienced an above inflation rate annual average rise of 5%.
by Rob | Jun 13, 2019 | News
Mortgage lenders need to standardise their policies in relation to lease length in order to stop sales falling through, say experts.
by Rob | Jun 12, 2019 | News
A poll of 2,000 UK home owners assessed the average time it takes to buy a house from browsing, to viewing, making an offer, exchanging and completing. Six months and 24 days to purchase a home!
by Rob | Jun 12, 2019 | News
The Society of Licensed Conveyancers and UK Finance have been working to standardise lending policies on unexpired lease terms to help ease the difficulties many leaseholders are finding when trying to resell their home.
