by Rob | Dec 20, 2017 | News
The London Economics and YouGov findings show it makes good business sense to handle complaints well, with 93% of firms saying there are business benefits to doing this. These included keeping clients, improving the delivery of services and better customer...
by Rob | Dec 20, 2017 | News
The government has shut down any lingering expectations it will tear up the Legal Services Act and definitively ruled out major regulatory reform.
by Rob | Dec 19, 2017 | News
The Land Registry which lists homes sold and bought across England and Wales has said it “may” record payments for homes that are not made in the UK’s sterling currency.
by Rob | Dec 19, 2017 | News
High street agents are being urged not to chase up conveyancers on the phone but to put more reliance on the latest technology – as online firms sell more homes.
by Rob | Dec 19, 2017 | News
A provider of an online B2B platform has announced the launch of a new conveyancing service designed specifically for Metro Bank.
by Rob | Dec 19, 2017 | News
The internet has been awash recently with initial coin offers. Although crypto-currency has been around for a few years, only recently have hip-hop stars got in on the action.
by Rob | Dec 18, 2017 | News
The government should set up a website that helps home buyers and sellers understand what to look for in a conveyancing firm, a trade body has suggested.
by Rob | Dec 18, 2017 | News
The Welsh Government has revealed the bands and rates for its new Land Transaction Tax, which replaces stamp duty in the principality from next April.
by Rob | Dec 18, 2017 | News
A conveyancers’ trade body has told the government that it wants the house buying process to be modernised by having estate agents licensed and ensuring sellers provide search, title and survey-style information ‘up front’ in the form of a property log...
by Rob | Dec 18, 2017 | News
Some conveyancers are calling for the licensing of estate agents, together with a requirement to pass a fit and proper test before they can trade.
by Rob | Dec 18, 2017 | News
Two homes have been sold using bitcoin currency by a small property firm.
by Rob | Dec 18, 2017 | News
HM Land Registry was set up in 1862 to make conveyancing simpler, faster and cheaper, by moving from an unregistered system of ownership to full registration of land. Our mission today, ‘your land and property rights: guaranteed and protected’, reflects this heritage...
by Rob | Dec 15, 2017 | News
A survey released this morning shows that estate agents’ fees have risen only four per cent in real terms since 2007 – despite a substantial increase in house prices in some parts of the country in the interim.
by Rob | Dec 15, 2017 | News
The Commission has focused on reforms which will reduce unfairness for the citizen and those which will help to enhance the UK’s competitiveness internationally following our exit from the European Union.
by Rob | Dec 14, 2017 | News
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has indicated that firms are to face disciplinary action if they do not abide by a potential requirement to publish data about complaints they receive – as research reveals that more than 90% of consumers want to see more...
by Rob | Dec 14, 2017 | News
Leasehold, trust law, smart contracts and chancel repair liability are among the 14 projects that the Law Commission will look at over the next three years.
by Rob | Dec 14, 2017 | News
The Government’s ‘Call for Evidence’ has unsurprisingly sparked a variety of responses from across the conveyancing industry and beyond.
by Rob | Dec 14, 2017 | News
Only a third of law firms are telling clients who make a complaint that they can refer it to the Legal Ombudsman if they are not satisfied with the outcome, research by the Solicitors Regulation Authority has found.
by Rob | Dec 13, 2017 | News
London firm Anthony Gold Solicitors is the latest to suffer a cyber-attack causing emails to be sent out apparently from a law firm’s address.
by Rob | Dec 13, 2017 | News
Independent Surrey-based estate agency Curchods has voluntarily withdrawn marketing material containing claims about its speed of exchanging properties, after the intervention of the Advertising Standards Authority.
