by Rob | Oct 3, 2017 | News
The Legal Services Board has marked as “sufficient” action plans produced by legal regulators to introduce price transparency and release other information to the public to help with purchasing decisions.
by Rob | Oct 2, 2017 | News
H M Revenue & Customs could target conveyancers for under-declaring VAT for property search fee recharges, an accountancy firm has warned, advising law firms to play safe by charging VAT.
by Rob | Oct 2, 2017 | News
Figures in the property industry have sharply criticised the announcement made at the Conservative party conference to pump an estimated £10 billion extra into Help To Buy.
by Rob | Oct 2, 2017 | News
Conveyancing and probate firms should be required to show an ‘estimate generator’ on their website or publish a full list of prices, the Council for Licensed Conveyancers has suggested, despite insisting that work to promote the quality of services should...
by Rob | Oct 1, 2017 | News
Along with rising property prices and the growing reports of property fraud, leasehold problems have been a frequent feature in both conveyancing and mainstream reports over the past year.
by Rob | Sep 29, 2017 | News
A site in Walthamstow, formerly industrial, has been released for development with 100% affordable homes for first-time buyers, announced Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London.
by Rob | Sep 28, 2017 | News
Purplebricks has issued a strong defence of its Local Property Experts after an agency comparison website’s analysis was critical of the hybrid company.
by Rob | Sep 28, 2017 | News
A consultation has been launched into whether conveyancers should be made to publish their fees. They could also have to publish data on complaints.
by Rob | Sep 28, 2017 | News
The SRA yesterday signalled what it called the ‘Uberisation’ of the legal market with the advent of the freelance solicitor.
by Rob | Sep 27, 2017 | News
Law firms may be required to publish price information on their websites next year.
by Rob | Sep 27, 2017 | News
The proposed introduction of price transparency could provide firms with a positive opportunity to differentiate their services from competitors.
by Rob | Sep 27, 2017 | News
The next Labour government will put an end to politicians denigrating lawyers, shadow attorney general Shami Chakrabarti has pledged on the second day of the party’s conference in Brighton.
by Rob | Sep 26, 2017 | News
The Law Society abused its dominant position by requiring over 3,000 law firms to buy its own fraud training in order to maintain their Conveyancing Quality Scheme accreditation at the point where the tribunal decided that CQS had become a “must-have” for conveyancing...
by Rob | Sep 25, 2017 | News
A huge majority of sellers do not bother to read reviews before appointing an agent – and there is enormous scepticism about the reviews themselves.
by Rob | Sep 25, 2017 | News
Agents who do not chase-up on behalf of clients are leading to delays and fall-throughs in chains – with traditional agents sometimes having to do the work instead.
by Rob | Sep 25, 2017 | News
Ministers have pledged to sort out the leasehold scandal after it was revealed that the owners of new builds have seen ground rents rise by thousands of pounds after the developers, the original leaseholders, sold them on to investment companies.
by Rob | Sep 25, 2017 | News
Recent government data has revealed that the number of leasehold homes in England is much greater than was previously thought.
by Rob | Sep 25, 2017 | News
The Law Society has accused the Solicitors Regulation of ignoring solicitors’ views in a forthright criticism of the regulator’s approach.
by Rob | Sep 23, 2017 | News
A survey conducted by the Bold Legal Group has revealed how firms inform their buyer when entering into a leasehold arrangement.
by Rob | Sep 22, 2017 | News
Another attempt to create an automated conveyancing system has been launched with the claim that it will banish paper trails and manual chasing.
