by Rob | Jun 12, 2019 | News
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has officially launched its investigation into the leasehold market yesterday, June 11th 2019.
by Rob | Jun 11, 2019 | News
The Competition and Markets Authority has formally launched an investigation into the sale of leasehold properties – including possible mis-selling.
by Rob | Jun 11, 2019 | News
A long-serving solicitor has agreed to be struck off over a conveyancing transaction dating back 11 years.
by Rob | Jun 10, 2019 | News
A member of the Bold Legal Group, a legal information and networking organisation says an online estate agency expects him to do some work in a transaction that the agent themselves should be doing.
by Rob | Jun 10, 2019 | News
In March, 40 house builders and developers signed up to a voluntary 14-point pledge designed to end the practice of unfair and onerous leaseholds.
by Rob | Jun 10, 2019 | News
The Solicitors Regulation Authority have issued four separate email scam alerts impersonating law firms on the same day.
by Rob | Jun 7, 2019 | News
The head of the independent review of legal services regulation said yesterday that scrapping regulation based on titles like solicitor or barrister and replacing it with a system based on legal activities “might not be as straightforward as some believe”.
by Rob | Jun 7, 2019 | News
Dozens of law firms are at risk of enforcement action from the Solicitors Regulation Authority after a check found that only 25% of websites were fully compliant with the new rules on price and service transparency.
by Rob | Jun 6, 2019 | News
The Government has promised £2 million worth of investment to the legal sector in a bid to improve new and emerging technologies and solidify the UK’s legal sector as a market leader.
by Rob | Jun 6, 2019 | News
A number of national associations representing the interests of UK Landlords have united in opposition of the proposed abolition of Section 21 repossessions by creating a ‘Fair Possessions Coalition’ and offering a viable alternative.
by Rob | Jun 6, 2019 | News
Embattled fund manager Neil Woodford has cut his stake in Purplebricks. He has sold around £16m of shares to lower his stake from 28.88% to 23.87%.
by Rob | Jun 5, 2019 | News
The oversight regulator today rubber-stamped controversial reforms allowing solicitors to work as freelancers without indemnity insurance.
by Rob | Jun 5, 2019 | News
The Property Ombdusman has said that agents who sell through the modern method of auction must declare to sellers at the outset not only that purchasers pay, but that this could be a drawback.
by Rob | Jun 4, 2019 | News
964 (94%) global IT decision makers from a survey size of 1,025 have found impersonation phishing attacks have had a severe impact on their business; losing money, data and subsequently customers to cyber criminals in 2019.
by Rob | Jun 3, 2019 | News
The Government waited until 60 seconds before the fees ban came in before it issued the final and vital paperwork.
by Rob | Jun 3, 2019 | News
A groundbreaking conveyancing business offering a guaranteed time to exchange and encourages instructions from both sides of a transaction goes live this week.
by Rob | May 31, 2019 | News
Traditional High Street estate agents have been given the thumbs up by sellers in a new survey of over 5,000 vendors who have sold their homes in the past 12 months.
by Rob | May 31, 2019 | News
Tenancy Deposit Scheme is warning that landlords and agents in England should now be ready for the ban on tenant fees that comes into place at the end of this week, on 01 June.
by Rob | May 31, 2019 | News
A conveyancing start up, offering a premium conveyancing service, will repay the cost of all fees if they are unable to complete the conveyancing process, to completion, within 40 days.
by Rob | May 31, 2019 | News
The conveyancing sector risks losing local, specialist knowledge as a result of increasing consolidation, the director of a property data provider has warned, following analysis of latest statistics.
