by Rob | Apr 23, 2019 | News
Estate Agent Today has been given details of the new National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents Team – the body that will enforce all legislation applying to agents.
by Rob | Apr 23, 2019 | News
A solicitor handling cases involving Japanese Knotweed say the problem could devalue the prices of affected houses by as much as 10 per cent.
by Rob | Apr 23, 2019 | News
The Magic Circle law firm Clifford Chance’s UK managing partner and solicitor, Michael Bates, has been impersonated by scammers in a bid to con unsuspecting members of the public.
by Rob | Apr 23, 2019 | News
Soaring Easter temperatures signal start of super growth of invasive plant Japanese knotweed.
by Rob | Apr 18, 2019 | News
The leasehold scandal continues to generate plenty of column inches, with fresh stories emerging almost daily of people living in unsellable homes or facing sky-high ground rents.
by Rob | Apr 18, 2019 | News
A new regulatory body has been set up ahead of the tenant fees ban on June 1st.
by Rob | Apr 18, 2019 | News
Conveyancers regulated by the specialist licensing body CLC will face less stringent rules on how they handle client money under proposals published for consultation today.
by Rob | Apr 17, 2019 | News
A new team has been set up to police all estate and letting agency legislation including the upcoming tenants’ fees ban.
by Rob | Apr 16, 2019 | News
An ex-housing minister and ex-Brexit secretary says he wants to radically change taxes on buy to let capital appreciation to help more private renters to become owner occupiers.
by Rob | Apr 16, 2019 | News
Meaning the applications and everything to do with the company infrastructure connected with them have been independently assessed and have successfully passed the challenging tests set by the National Cyber Security Centre.
by Rob | Apr 16, 2019 | News
Home buyers can expect to spend almost £4,000 on top of the cost of their new property in terms of legal fees, surveying costs and other removal bills, new research has found.
by Rob | Apr 16, 2019 | News
The idea of launching property log books was levied by the ministry of housing at the end of last year to stem the flow of failed transactions that are costing the UK housing market £270 million every year.
by Rob | Apr 16, 2019 | News
A London law firm has “no real prospect” of defending a £5.2m breach of trust claim brought against it following a London property deal, the High Court has ruled.
by Rob | Apr 16, 2019 | News
A Thatcher-era reform introduced to encourage the then-moribund private rental market is to be reversed under proposals announced by the prime minister today.
by Rob | Apr 15, 2019 | News
Scam victims are to be reimbursed in full by TSB, which today becomes the first bank in Britain to offer a fraud refund guarantee. Telegraph Money has long called for banks to take action on a crime that has quickly become an epidemic.
by Rob | Apr 15, 2019 | News
The new modern eBay-style online property auction, which is meant to cost buyers thousands of pounds in extra fees, grants a much longer transaction timeframe.
by Rob | Apr 15, 2019 | News
The Government is today announcing its intention to abolish Section 21, so-called ‘no fault’ repossessions in the private rented sector.
by Rob | Apr 12, 2019 | News
The mortgage and remortgaging sector solidified their transition into digitisation this week with the announcement that Moneysupermarket are launching a comprehensive remortgaging price comparison tool and HM Land Registry’s update on their free digital mortgage...
by Rob | Apr 12, 2019 | News
A trial of blockchain involving the digital transfer of property ownership has been completed by HM Land Registry.
by Rob | Apr 11, 2019 | News
First time buyers purchasing new homes using the government’s Help to Buy equity loan scheme paid on average 12 per cent more in February 2019 than those buying new homes without the scheme.
