by Rob | Mar 19, 2019 | News
Leaseholders have been coerced into instructing conveyancing solicitors who are too cosy with developers, according to MPs.
by Rob | Mar 19, 2019 | News
A legal challenge is to be brought in the Court of Appeal after a ruling that a landlord could not regain possession of their property because they had not served a gas safety certificate until after the tenancy started.
by Rob | Mar 19, 2019 | News
The leasehold system has created many unsellable and unmortgageable homes and should change, MPs say.
by Rob | Mar 19, 2019 | News
An industry provider of reservation agreements says its services can “entirely eliminate” fall throughs and reduce failed transactions “to almost zero.”
by Rob | Mar 19, 2019 | News
Oversight regulators have given their strongest indication yet that solicitors could face greater obligations to prove their ongoing competence.
by Rob | Mar 18, 2019 | News
MyBid4It has been launched by a former Yorkshire estate agent, Charlie Lancaster, and joins companies like sector leader IAMSold.
by Rob | Mar 18, 2019 | News
The founder and former chief executive of Emoov, Russell Quirk, is back in the headlines with a new but until now unpublicised online business venture.
by Rob | Mar 18, 2019 | News
A recent report has claimed that one in six UK housing transactions are currently falling through and failing to complete.
by Rob | Mar 18, 2019 | News
The Solicitors Regulation Authority may increase the scope of price transparency rules if firms are thought to be undermining their spirit.
by Rob | Mar 15, 2019 | News
There’s more fuel added to the current debate about reform of the house purchasing process, as new data reveals one buyer in six pulls out of a deal.
by Rob | Mar 15, 2019 | News
This guidance is not practical, agents should individually come up with a more concise, but clear, route to make the disclosure that fits with their business model.
by Rob | Mar 15, 2019 | News
The Law Commission’s proposals to make commonhold an attractive alternative form of property ownership may not be enough to reinvigorate it, the Law Society has warned.
by Rob | Mar 14, 2019 | News
The Guild of Property Professionals says its network of over 800 independent estate agents across the UK has, collectively, the highest market share of new instructions coming to the market so far this year.
by Rob | Mar 14, 2019 | News
Nearly 2,500 acres ready for development will be made available to developers, including small and medium-sized building companies, to purchase and get properties built.
by Rob | Mar 14, 2019 | News
A recent Freedom of Information request has found that law firms were amongst the quickest organisations to react and report data breaches to the Information Commissioner’s Office.
by Rob | Mar 13, 2019 | News
There are those that boast that they never pay referral fees, because “they are so good”, and those who bleat that “we can’t win work unless we pay referral fees”.
by Rob | Mar 13, 2019 | News
A potential customer of Purplebricks was told that the firm would be paid a referral fee of £382.85 plus VAT for conveyancing.
by Rob | Mar 13, 2019 | News
Half of first time buyers say they made expensive mistakes during their process of purchasing their home, with mortgage brokers, removal companies and conveyancers in the firing line.
by Rob | Mar 13, 2019 | News
“It is the secretary of state’s intention to close the legal loopholes that allow freeholders to unjustifiably recoup legal costs from leaseholders.”
by Rob | Mar 11, 2019 | News
Maverick Cornish estate agent Chris Wood has quit the industry with a stinging attack on those who have “taken their toll” on him over 30 years.
