by Rob | Mar 29, 2019 | News
Leaseholders and campaign groups have slammed a building industry pledge to stop leasehold exploitation.
by Rob | Mar 28, 2019 | News
House builders and freeholder groups have backed a Government pledge launched today to stop leaseholders being trapped in “unfair and costly deals”.
by Rob | Mar 27, 2019 | News
An online auction service which partners with estate agents says it has now scrapped all buyers’ fees.
by Rob | Mar 27, 2019 | News
One in eight people buying or selling in the next six months say they will delay their plans because of Brexit and another 10 per cent have put the idea on hold altogether.
by Rob | Mar 26, 2019 | News
A large-scale survey by a consumer group has revealed that over half of home owners regard stamp duty as a growing problem; conveyancers’ fees, the rise of gazundering and threat of negative equity are increasingly worrying too.
by Rob | Mar 26, 2019 | News
It’s being suggest that a recent tax tribunal verdict might just open the way to challenges to the three per cent stamp duty surcharge levied on additional homes.
by Rob | Mar 26, 2019 | News
Increasing numbers of home owners are concerned about gazundering and their property value falling into negative equity.
by Rob | Mar 26, 2019 | News
With new guidance issued on the disclosure of referral fees, NAEA boss Mark Hayward last week led an informative webinar on the subject, open to all agents and not just NAEA members.
by Rob | Mar 26, 2019 | News
The Land Registry has dropped plans to publish a chart of the top 50 law firms it deals with, ranked by the number of incomplete or erroneous applications they make.
by Rob | Mar 25, 2019 | News
As the SRA renews its drive to clamp down on money laundering, law firms have been put on notice that they will need to show how they are complying with the rules – or face hefty sanctions.
by Rob | Mar 23, 2019 | News
A new Freehold Management Enquiries form is being launched in order to ensure buyers of a property, where a service charge or estate rent is likely to be charged, are fully aware of this fact before the conveyancing process is complete.
by Rob | Mar 22, 2019 | News
Buyers of Persimmon new-builds are to have the right to hold back 1.5% of the total purchase value of a property to allow for snagging issues.
by Rob | Mar 21, 2019 | News
Top-500 conveyancers should be braced to be ‘named and shamed’ by HM Land Registry, which will begin publishing error rates for applications such as register updates, first registrations and new leases this month.
by Rob | Mar 21, 2019 | News
A survey of owners has revealed that recent leasehold scandals have deterred many would-be buyers from considering new build homes.
by Rob | Mar 21, 2019 | News
Regulators are to demand that hundreds of law firms explain exactly what they are doing to comply with money laundering rules.
by Rob | Mar 20, 2019 | News
Estate agents have been warned that if new guidance over referral fees is not taken seriously, they could be faced with an outright ban.
by Rob | Mar 20, 2019 | News
The Law Society claims that the unforeseen charges faced by some purchasers of leasehold properties could be addressed “if developers and estate agents complied with consumer protection regulations” by providing more information upfront.
by Rob | Mar 20, 2019 | News
Despite increased attempts to crack down on money laundering, the opaque and murky reality of UK property ownership was made clear this weekend with the announcement that more than £56 billion worth is secretly owned.
by Rob | Mar 20, 2019 | News
The government have made a public declaration that it would be legally possible to introduce legislation to remove onerous and unfair ground rents in existing leases.
by Rob | Mar 20, 2019 | News
Regulators are to demand that hundreds of firms explain exactly what they are doing to comply with money laundering rules – with tough penalties promised for those falling short.
