by Rob | Nov 29, 2018 | News
House prices could fall by a third in the event of a no-deal Brexit, the Bank of England warned as it outlined the possibility of a housing crash.
by Rob | Nov 29, 2018 | News
A new app that offers users the full range of consumer legal advice and support for £24 a month is to be piloted in the coming weeks ahead of a roll-out early next year.
by Rob | Nov 28, 2018 | News
The Law Commission received one of the biggest postbags of responses after asking whether leasehold law needed to be reformed.
by Rob | Nov 28, 2018 | News
A property business hoping to raise £200,000 via crowd-funding is forecasting that 7,000 high street agents could shut.
by Rob | Nov 27, 2018 | News
In a jittery new week for the industry, Countrywide shares dived to an all time low yesterday of just 9.11p.
by Rob | Nov 26, 2018 | News
The government have been locked in a consultation period that is seeing them transform the way we use the court and tribunal system in the future. Recent proposals have been put forward for a ‘specialist Housing Court’.
by Rob | Nov 23, 2018 | News
The Legal Ombudsman is to explore publishing its full decisions on complaints against lawyers, rather than just brief details as now, it has emerged.
by Rob | Nov 22, 2018 | News
Increased use of the first-time buyer Stamp Duty relief has seen HMRC report the lowest proportion of transactions that are liable for the property tax since the first three months of 2014.
by Rob | Nov 22, 2018 | News
Law firms are expected to be in the line of fire when the government announces a new crackdown on money-laundering in the UK.
by Rob | Nov 21, 2018 | News
A quarter of home buyers have been gazumped this year, research claims.
by Rob | Nov 21, 2018 | News
Proptech company Gazeal, which offers products and processes that aim to secure transactions and prevent gazumping, gazundering and fall-throughs, is to open a training academy.
by Rob | Nov 20, 2018 | News
The RICS says it wants to standardise the whole approach to home surveys by introducing a new Home Survey Standard.
by Rob | Nov 20, 2018 | News
The Conveyancing Association has called for existing powers to be used to take criminal action against those who mislead purchasers into buying leasehold houses.
by Rob | Nov 16, 2018 | News
Estate agents are missing around half of the conveyancing referral opportunities they could take, according to a new report.
by Rob | Nov 16, 2018 | News
New research shows 35 per cent of deals fall through within three weeks of a seller receiving an offer and a total of 44 per cent fall through within four weeks.
by Rob | Nov 16, 2018 | News
Building societies have backed revisiting the case for 100% loan-to-value mortgages.
by Rob | Nov 16, 2018 | News
Almost half of sales fall through within the first four weeks of an offer being accepted, new research claims.
by Rob | Nov 15, 2018 | News
Mobile home residents are to get greater protection from rip-off site owners.
by Rob | Nov 15, 2018 | News
A solicitor has offered to help a resident take on a council in court for free in a case highlighting the inequality of arms in terms of legal representation for leasehold disputes.
by Rob | Nov 14, 2018 | News
The Government is seeking views on the creation of a specialist Housing Court to provide a single path to raise issues and settle disputes for agents, landlords and tenants.
