by Rob | Nov 9, 2017 | News
Estate agents who have acted on behalf of developers in selling new-builds could be drawn into a redress scheme for mis-sold leaseholds, it has been claimed.
by Rob | Nov 9, 2017 | News
A Bill aiming to bring in a compensation scheme for those with unfair leaseholds has secured a second reading.
by Rob | Nov 9, 2017 | News
Rebecca Marsh, a senior executive at the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) is the new Chief Legal Ombudsman, the ombudsman’s office has announced.
by Rob | Nov 9, 2017 | News
Proposals for wide-reaching will reform could see people turning to unregulated providers, solicitors have warned, as the government prepares to consider the biggest shake-up yet to centuries-old wills laws.
by Rob | Nov 9, 2017 | News
Lawyers are among the most stressed professionals in the UK, government figures show – and women are the worst affected.
by Rob | Nov 8, 2017 | News
Labour MP and leading leasehold reform activist Justin Madders has secured a second reading of a Bill that aims to introduce a compensation scheme for existing home owners suffering from unfair leaseholds.
by Rob | Nov 8, 2017 | News
A report has been published by the Payment Systems Regulator on the steps it has taken to protect consumers from APP scams.
by Rob | Nov 7, 2017 | News
HMRC has refunded more than £160m to home owners who have been charged the additional Stamp Duty Land Tax rate but have since gone on to sell their former main property.
by Rob | Nov 6, 2017 | News
An article in The Times has urged people to “shun” high street estate agents – suggesting instead that they use online firms.
by Rob | Nov 6, 2017 | News
A roadshow is being launched to help the industry tackle what is being described as “the biggest change to affect estate agents in the history of data protection regulation.”
by Rob | Nov 6, 2017 | News
The consumer affairs correspondent of The Times has savaged High Street estate agents because of the commission they charge when compared to online rivals.
by Rob | Nov 6, 2017 | News
Plans for an easily searchable public register of solicitors’ disciplinary records have moved a step closer to reality after the Solicitors Regulation Authority reiterated its desire to ‘provide more information to the public’.
by Rob | Nov 3, 2017 | News
‘Conveyancing factories’ with inexperienced juniors processing complex transactions can delay transactions, a law firm chief executive has warned ahead of responding to the government’s proposals to improve the home buying process.
by Rob | Nov 3, 2017 | News
A study from property data company TwentyCi has claimed that 12% of property transactions in England and Wales have been subject to gazumping this year.
by Rob | Nov 3, 2017 | News
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect in May 2018. It takes the existing Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) principles to the next level and will enforce heavy fines on any non-compliant organisation.
by Rob | Nov 1, 2017 | News
The call has come from the HomeOwners Alliance, which says that fall-throughs are costing buyers and sellers over £500m a year.
by Rob | Nov 1, 2017 | News
A director of the National Crime Agency has told solicitors that the legal profession is worse than any other financial services sector in reporting money laundering suspicions.
by Rob | Nov 1, 2017 | News
The Legal Services Consumer Panel today ratcheted up the pressure on regulators to impose transparency requirements on lawyers with survey findings that only 6% of consumers could find prices on their websites.
by Rob | Oct 31, 2017 | News
Stamp duty on property sales is gumming up the housing market, stopping people from moving to the jobs they need, and keeping people in houses that are too large for their needs, according to a free-market think tank.
by Rob | Oct 30, 2017 | News
Last Sunday, the Department for Communities and Local Government launched a ‘Call for Evidence’, seeking the views of involved parties on how the home moving process could be improved.
