by Rob | Feb 23, 2018 | News
£8,000 a year ground rent bill for buyers already and rising towards £8m – as watchdog warns time’s up for leasehold.
by Rob | Feb 23, 2018 | News
A Kent law firm was negligent for failing to advise properly on a mortgage and valuation report.
by Rob | Feb 22, 2018 | News
A property owner who allowed Japanese knotweed to spread across her property to the extent that it put the value of an adjoining property at risk, was ordered by the County Court in Truro to employ Cornwall Council’s contractor, Cormac Solutions Limited, to implement...
by Rob | Feb 22, 2018 | News
A new report has proposed a number of steps which could help first-time buyers make their way onto the property ladder.
by Rob | Feb 22, 2018 | News
The Law Commission is seeking the views of conveyancers and property professionals to help shape a law which could help people own their flats outright.
by Rob | Feb 21, 2018 | News
Analysis of the Land Registry’s data reveals that leaseholds accounted for 219,511 or 31.9% of all properties sold in England and Wales in 2017.
by Rob | Feb 20, 2018 | News
Buyers and sellers are increasingly turning to specialist conveyancers rather than generalist solicitors, according to sector research that supports calls for firms to publish client reviews on their websites.
by Rob | Feb 20, 2018 | News
An Irish business promises to revolutionise property auctions when it launches its first UK online auction next month.
by Rob | Feb 20, 2018 | News
Legal professionals will escape the artificial intelligence revolution relatively unscathed compared to other occupations, with high educational achievement being a key factor, according to a major report on the long-term impact of automation on jobs.
by Rob | Feb 20, 2018 | News
New competition since the introduction of alternative business structures, along with client demands is changing the face of the legal market, research has suggested, with the number of ABSs now topping 1,000.
by Rob | Feb 19, 2018 | News
Two recent Tribunal cases should serve to remind conveyancers about the importance of finding out about fire safety when buying flats.
by Rob | Feb 19, 2018 | News
A solicitor has been “severely reprimanded” by the Solicitors Regulation Authority after he compounded an error made by his firm 15 years previously when it failed to follow instructions over a property transfer.
by Rob | Feb 18, 2018 | News
The government has launched a surprise consultation on the creation of a new redress system for customers of agents and others in the property industry.
by Rob | Feb 16, 2018 | News
HMRC is set to update its guidance on the higher rate of Stamp Duty, which has been branded so confusing that it has caught out solicitors and estate agents.
by Rob | Feb 16, 2018 | News
Online fraudsters are targeting prospective tenants by offering listed properties at a lower price.
by Rob | Feb 16, 2018 | News
Legal regulators have urged the Legal Services Board to use its review of the internal governance rules to give them greater independence from their representative bodies.
by Rob | Feb 16, 2018 | News
Conveyancers have suffered a drop in their workload for the first time in six years, according to an end-of-year edition of a regular benchmarking survey.
by Rob | Feb 15, 2018 | News
An estate agent and her solicitor husband together defrauded clients for their own financial gain.
by Rob | Feb 15, 2018 | News
Conveyancers saw their first annual drop in workload since 2011 last year, with volumes down 12% to under a million transactions, according to new research.
by Rob | Feb 15, 2018 | News
Data published recently reveals that while the overall legal sector is increasingly reflective of wider society, challenges remain in achieving true diversity at senior levels in some firms.
