by Rob | Dec 13, 2016 | News
The Financial Conduct Authority is to investigate mortgage competition, including the introduction of clients to lenders by estate agents.
by Rob | Dec 12, 2016 | News
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have allegedly stated there will be the proposed 20% increase from January 2017.
by Rob | Dec 12, 2016 | News
The Supreme Court will today hear a case that should clarify the law on challenging wills on the grounds that they do not make reasonable provision.
by Rob | Dec 12, 2016 | News
A Freedom of Information request was submitted to the Treasury asking what has happened to the call for evidence, the response was: “the home-buying process remains under consideration and the call for evidence will be published in due course”.
by Rob | Dec 10, 2016 | News
An Australian businessman returned to his home in Sydney to find his property had been demolished because builders targeted the wrong address.
by Rob | Dec 8, 2016 | News
HSBC is the third lender in the space of a three week period to impose new requirements in relation to Japanese knotweed.
by Rob | Dec 8, 2016 | News
Figures published recently have shown that email hacks of conveyancing transactions are the most common cybercrime in the legal sector, with £7m of client losses reported in the last year.
by Rob | Dec 8, 2016 | News
Lawyers are less trusted to tell the truth than hairdressers or priests, but those who reach the bench soar in the public’s esteem.
by Rob | Dec 8, 2016 | News
Conveyancers have been urged to inform clients of a free service which combats property fraud by sending out email alerts of any activity relating to a property. Land Registry’s Property Alert scheme helps people detect fraudulent activity on a property by...
by Rob | Dec 7, 2016 | News
The Law Society has acted in anticipation of an expected call by the competition watchdog for lawyers to be more open about the price and quality of their services by publishing a toolkit on price and service transparency.
by Rob | Dec 7, 2016 | News
Estate agents have yet again come close to the bottom of a table of trusted professions.
by Rob | Dec 7, 2016 | News
The Conveyancing Association has revised its wish-list of reforms to, in its words, “ensure fewer delays, a less costly process, and to create greater satisfaction for consumers” in the house-moving process.
by Rob | Dec 7, 2016 | News
An identity fraud victim has been left “scared” and “terrified” after he discovered his £500,000 home had been listed for sale on a popular property website.
by Rob | Dec 7, 2016 | News
Following discussions at its ‘Modernising Conveyancing’ Conference, the Conveyancing Association, the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has recently announced it will set out a template for the future, and produce a list of actions all designed to...
by Rob | Dec 7, 2016 | News
The chairman of the Conveyancing Association has called on the government to create a new portal to help fill the void left by the collapse of Veyo.
by Rob | Dec 7, 2016 | News
As part of its Flag It Up campaign, the Home Office is seeking feedback from solicitors on their attitudes to anti-money laundering regulations and information.
by Rob | Dec 6, 2016 | News
Over 50,000 have signed up to the Land Registry’s property fraud alert service following a series of high-profile stories on the subject.
by Rob | Dec 6, 2016 | News
Home buyers from Taylor Wimpey have allegedly been failed by their conveyancing solicitors and are contemplating taking action, according to Leasehold Solutions.
by Rob | Dec 3, 2016 | News
The promise, by Labour’s shadow secretary of state for housing John Healey, comes just days after the government, in answer to a question in the House of Commons, pledged to “stamp out” the abuses highlighted by Guardian Money.
by Rob | Dec 2, 2016 | News
Conveyancing solicitors are overwhelmingly in favour of ‘pre-contract packs’ to speed up the homebuying process, a straw poll of the sector suggests.
