by Rob | Sep 21, 2017 | News
Nested, the chain-breaking estate agency that offers vendors a guaranteed sale of their property within 90 days, is to expand beyond its current market of London.
by Rob | Sep 21, 2017 | News
It has emerged that a mortgage fraud which took place earlier this year was actually for an amount three times higher than was first thought.
by Rob | Sep 21, 2017 | News
A 13-year-old property ownership system branded by critics as a ‘failed tenure’ could be the answer to eliminating leasehold abuse, a trade body has suggested.
by Rob | Sep 21, 2017 | News
English property law needs ‘sensible changes’ rather than a complete overhaul to stop abuse involving leaseholds, the Law Society said today, suggesting that new houses should be sold freehold unless there are justified reasons not to.
by Rob | Sep 20, 2017 | News
Simon Gerrard, a past president of the National Association of Estate Agents, has called on the government to switch the burden of stamp duty payments from buyers to sellers.
by Rob | Sep 19, 2017 | News
The founder of a new online sales assistance service says agents are often unfairly blamed by the public for failings in “a fragmented, antiquated and fundamentally broken conveyancing system.”
by Rob | Sep 19, 2017 | News
HM Land Registry have recently released a form enabling registered owners to update their name in the land register following a change of gender.
by Rob | Sep 19, 2017 | News
Purplebricks is one of a raft of new-breed estate agency companies making some bold and questionable claims in the property market at present but how many of these claims stand close scrutiny and are they even trading within the law?
by Rob | Sep 18, 2017 | News
Conveyancing solicitors are more than just the client’s middleman when obtaining search results for a client, a judge has said, dismissing a law firm’s appeal against a VAT bill for electronic searches.
by Rob | Sep 18, 2017 | News
An influential legal authority has urged the government to be cautious about prohibiting the sale of new-built homes on leasehold.
by Rob | Sep 18, 2017 | News
A warning has been issued following fraudulent letters supposedly sent by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau.
by Rob | Sep 18, 2017 | News
Taylor Wimpey’s deal with Adriatic Land to vary doubling ground rents to those linked with RPI are the minimum it could do to prevent being sued.
by Rob | Sep 18, 2017 | News
A leading north-west law firm has been ordered to pay £68,000 in VAT for electronic local authority property searches it procured from an agency, after a tribunal ruled that they should not have been treated as disbursements.
by Rob | Sep 18, 2017 | News
A legal comparison website has gone live with its bespoke platform with the demand for such services in flux.
by Rob | Sep 15, 2017 | News
The Property Ombudsman has taken the unusual step of warning all estate and letting agents to act with caution over fraudulent ‘buyers’ who are trying to spread computer virus scams.
by Rob | Sep 15, 2017 | News
The Property Ombudsman has issued a warning to all estate and letting agents to act with caution, as fraudulent ‘buyers’ target agents with the latest computer virus scam.
by Rob | Sep 15, 2017 | News
Housing minister Alok Sharma has come under attack after making his first major speech since his appointment.
by Rob | Sep 15, 2017 | News
Via video, hear about upcoming developments within the conveyancing sector.
by Rob | Sep 15, 2017 | News
Last month, the Solicitors Regulation Authority issued a warning notice highlighting an area in which solicitors are making inappropriate ethical decisions.
by Rob | Sep 14, 2017 | News
An estate agent has blown the whistle on certain practices carried out by the firm she works at.
