by Rob | Feb 15, 2019 | News
Law firms are under increasing pressure to adopt lawtech, with the rewards for doing so “potentially huge”, but despite this the profession has been slow to embrace systems that would radically change legal services, according to a major report.
by Rob | Feb 13, 2019 | News
The RICS is stepping up its stance on anti-money laundering with a new statement promising specific world-wide regulation.
by Rob | Feb 12, 2019 | News
Mortgage lenders are relaxing age limits so that house buyers can still be paying off their home loan well into their 80s.
by Rob | Feb 12, 2019 | News
The Government has finally announced how an extra Stamp Duty surcharge on foreign investors would work.
by Rob | Feb 12, 2019 | News
The competitive wind has changed in the solicitors’ professional indemnity insurance (market, while regulatory changes and the ground-rent scandal could spell trouble for lawyers.
by Rob | Feb 11, 2019 | News
A financial advisory group has asked the Competition and Markets Authority if it can investigate the planned reform of probate fees as the controversial proposal nears final approval in parliament.
by Rob | Feb 8, 2019 | News
Geotech and proptech firms are being invited to apply to become part of the latest Ordnance Survey (OS) and Land Registry accelerator programme to develop their products.
by Rob | Feb 8, 2019 | News
A London estate agent says his system of ‘moral agreements’ between sellers and buyers prevents chains collapsing and means his company has “the lowest fall-out rate from agreement to consolidation.”
by Rob | Feb 8, 2019 | News
British construction firms are making a cautious start to 2019 after slowing their house-building plans late last year in the face of Brexit uncertainty, an industry body said recently.
by Rob | Feb 8, 2019 | News
Plans to hike probate fees to as much as £6,000 have narrowly been approved following a committee hearing recently.
by Rob | Feb 7, 2019 | News
The Property Ombudsman’s annual conference is to hear from the chair of the government’s ‘Property Agents Working Group’ – just days before it is expected to reveal some of the most far-reaching reforms of the industry ever.
by Rob | Feb 6, 2019 | News
Minister refuses to crack down on toxic contracts and blames buyers for being too ‘excited’ to read small print properly – as families reveal they are trapped in ‘nightmare’ houses that are unsellable.
by Rob | Feb 6, 2019 | News
A ban on Section 21, the process where landlords start an eviction, could have a negative impact on the private rented sector, new research suggests.
by Rob | Feb 6, 2019 | News
A national trade body is signposting lawyers to a wealth of free advice on Japanese knotweed.
by Rob | Feb 5, 2019 | News
Estate agency fees continued to be one of the largest property transaction costs last year despite agents not having put their charges up. For a second year running, they are at an average of 1%.
by Rob | Feb 5, 2019 | News
A national trade body is signposting lawyers to a wealth of free advice on Japanese knotweed.
by Rob | Feb 5, 2019 | News
The firm sent the customer letters containing the phrases ab initio and prima facie despite knowing they had a learning difficulty.
by Rob | Feb 4, 2019 | News
Chancellor Philip Hammond is being urged to look at the Government’s latest Stamp Duty takings as evidence that an extra property tax shouldn’t be introduced for overseas investors.
by Rob | Feb 4, 2019 | News
In May 2018, the board of the Solicitors Regulation Authority approved the new Standards & Regulations that are designed to replace the 2011 handbook.
by Rob | Feb 4, 2019 | News
Solicitors at smaller firms believe that clients’ focus on price is compromising their work and even their ability to uphold the law, a survey has suggested.
