by Rob | Oct 17, 2018 | News
The Land Registry has set itself the target of completing the first fully digital transfer of a property in the coming year to prove the value of smart contracts.
by Rob | Oct 17, 2018 | News
The frontline regulators are making “very good progress” in improving price transparency, the Legal Services Board has said.
by Rob | Oct 16, 2018 | News
Just under one in five buyers in the past two years have suffered moving day delays, either because funds have been late arriving with conveyancers or because sellers have been late vacating properties.
by Rob | Oct 16, 2018 | News
The Government has faced an almost immediate backlash after unveiling yet another consultation on leasehold reform.
by Rob | Oct 16, 2018 | News
A member of the Legal Services Consumer Panel has questioned the findings from the panel’s own research that showed consumer satisfaction with conveyancing is high.
by Rob | Oct 16, 2018 | News
A law firm has written to conveyancers on behalf of 500 leaseholders demanding compensation.
by Rob | Oct 15, 2018 | News
Today’s government crackdown on ground rents is a damp squib: it proposes setting them to £10, but only … after yet another consultation!
by Rob | Oct 15, 2018 | News
Almost all new-build houses will in future have to be sold as freehold, and ground rents will be capped at just £10 a year.
by Rob | Oct 15, 2018 | News
First-time buyers are paying an 8% premium on Help to Buy properties compared with other new-builds.
by Rob | Oct 15, 2018 | News
There is broad consensus that the home-buying and selling process in England and Wales could be simpler and faster. Cheaper? The jury’s out.
by Rob | Oct 14, 2018 | News
The vast majority of new-build houses are to be sold as freehold with ground rents for new leases capped at £10 under new government proposals.
by Rob | Oct 12, 2018 | News
The Government has this morning announced a new working group, which will report back next summer on regulating all agents right across the sector.
by Rob | Oct 12, 2018 | News
The government has unveiled a new body which, it claims, will raise agency standards.
by Rob | Oct 12, 2018 | News
A new report carried out by home move company Reallymoving.com has speculated that the Help to Buy scheme could become a similar scandal to PPI.
by Rob | Oct 11, 2018 | News
Rightmove is set to face a possible legal challenge into its hiking of fees.
by Rob | Oct 11, 2018 | News
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) have released its register of waivers which allows certain exemptions for specific rules that do not apply to individual firms.
by Rob | Oct 10, 2018 | News
The FCA proposed a package of rules and guidance for funds that hold illiquid assets including commercial property that are hard to sell in stressed market conditions when investors often ask for their money back.
by Rob | Oct 9, 2018 | News
HM Land Registry has urged its customers to provide all the information it requires to make the conveyancing process simpler, faster and cheaper – publishing a charter to help deliver its mission to protect and guarantee land and property rights.
by Rob | Oct 9, 2018 | News
The housing minister has stressed the importance of estate agents disclosing their referral fee arrangements upfront.
by Rob | Oct 8, 2018 | News
There should be specific protection against victimisation for compliance officers who report their solicitors to their regulator, the Law Society has argued.
