by Rob | Feb 10, 2017 | News
Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) and National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) are today moving into a new era, altering their emphasis from industry facing licensing to consumer protection with the launch of Propertymark.
by Rob | Feb 10, 2017 | News
Described as helping the “homeowners of tomorrow”, the recently released Housing White Paper outlines the government’s long-term plan to deal with the UK’s housing crisis.
by Rob | Feb 9, 2017 | News
Following the loss of a legal challenge from environmentalists, fracking is set to go ahead in North Yorkshire.
by Rob | Feb 8, 2017 | News
Land Registry’s Digital Mortgage service aims to digitise the mortgage process where there is no change of ownership and the mortgage is simply being added to an existing title register.
by Rob | Feb 6, 2017 | News
According to the Guardian, “growing numbers of home buyers are in effect being charged for the privilege of having their offer accepted” – a practice banned in Scotland but not illegal in England and Wales.
by Rob | Feb 6, 2017 | News
The Property Ombudsman’s office has defended a change to its code of practice which, according to a national newspaper, means agents in England and Wales can ask purchasers for £1,000 deposits to indicate the seriousness of their intent to buy.
by Rob | Feb 6, 2017 | News
The Court of Appeal will be tasked with offering landmark guidance on the liability of professionals where property is purchased through an ID fraud.
by Rob | Feb 5, 2017 | News
Network Rail is facing compensation claims that could total tens of millions of pounds after a landmark court ruling on damage caused to homes by Japanese knotweed growing on its land.
by Rob | Feb 3, 2017 | News
The Government may be focusing on letting agent fees to make renting fairer for tenants, but an interesting story has emerged regarding landlord contracts with their lenders.
by Rob | Feb 3, 2017 | News
Housing minister Gavin Barwell says the government will provide “substantial investment” to ensure more transparency in leasehold tenure.
by Rob | Feb 1, 2017 | News
The Financial Conduct Authority has fined Deutsche Bank AG more than £160 million for failing to maintain an adequate anti-money laundering framework.
by Rob | Jan 31, 2017 | News
Providing raw regulatory data on solicitor firms could mislead clients and undermine their ability to exercise informed choice, the Law Society said today, responding to Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) proposals.
by Rob | Jan 31, 2017 | News
Agents are being warned to be on their guard as property fraud involving identity thefts of sellers grows, with a case due to go to the Court of Appeal this year.
by Rob | Jan 31, 2017 | News
A non-lawyer housing specialist has been named interim chief executive of the Law Society ahead of Catherine Dixon’s departure tomorrow.
by Rob | Jan 31, 2017 | News
A sole practitioner looking for a way out of his firm has been suspended after employing people without background checks who turned out to be criminals.
by Rob | Jan 30, 2017 | News
Paul Tennant OBE, who recently stepped down as chief executive of the housing association Orbit after 14 years in the role, will join the Society next Monday. Tennant has spent 35 years in the housing industry, starting his career in local government.
by Rob | Jan 30, 2017 | News
HSBC has announced that it will increase the loan threshold imposed on sole practitioners registered under the Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme from £150,000 to £350,000.
by Rob | Jan 30, 2017 | News
The Keller Williams franchise agency, one of the largest in the world, is relaunching in the UK on Wednesday with the aim of bring US-levels of realtor service to sellers.
by Rob | Jan 30, 2017 | News
Crispin Passmore of the SRA has stated that conveyancing may be one of the first legal areas to be subject to the new conditions.
by Rob | Jan 30, 2017 | News
Conveyancing solicitors have been put on high alert by a judgment ordering a firm that fell victim to identity fraud to pay more than £1m.
