by Rob | Dec 2, 2016 | News
The home-buying process is an “imperfect market” that conveyancers must brush up their communication skills.
by Rob | Dec 2, 2016 | News
In a recent change to their CML Handbook Part 2 requirements, HSBC have imposed new obligations on their conveyancing panel when it comes to advising joint borrowers.
by Rob | Nov 30, 2016 | News
The CLC has published two documents that will underpin its work in 2017 and beyond: the Annual Regulatory Return Analysis 2016 and its business plan for 2017.
by Rob | Nov 29, 2016 | News
Due to conveyancing transactions usually being of high value as well as their ability to take place without raising suspicion, they are a favoured method of laundering money.
by Rob | Nov 29, 2016 | News
Conveyancers can now lodge first registration applications without the need for original deeds and documents being sent.
by Rob | Nov 29, 2016 | News
A firm is warning of “a wave of litigation from home owners who were given inadequate advice from their solicitors or valuers.”
by Rob | Nov 29, 2016 | News
A third of sales in October were made to first time buyers.
by Rob | Nov 29, 2016 | News
Alternative business structures are far more likely to invest in their businesses than non-ABSs, research in the licensed conveyancer community has suggested.
by Rob | Nov 28, 2016 | News
Leaseholds Solution – the company behind the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners – says it wants recent proposals to modernise the home moving process to go further.
by Rob | Nov 28, 2016 | News
Three lenders followed HSBC’s lead in using the CML Handbook Part 2 to set out their conveyancing instructions relating to Japanese Knotweed.
by Rob | Nov 28, 2016 | News
The proposed approach to regulating the promotion and distribution of the Lifetime ISA (LISA) has been announced by the Financial Conduct Authority.
by Rob | Nov 28, 2016 | News
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has asked the Competition and Markets Authority for advice on how it could stimulate more use of comparison websites in the legal market.
by Rob | Nov 27, 2016 | News
An identity fraud victim has described the horror of discovering his £500,000 home up for sale on a property website.
by Rob | Nov 25, 2016 | News
Following the Autumn Statement, industry experts have had their say on the proposed changes regarding the property industry.
by Rob | Nov 25, 2016 | News
QualitySolicitors has called time on the ambitious franchise scheme conceived to establish the network as the first ‘household name’ legal brand.
by Rob | Nov 22, 2016 | News
A conveyancing firm says the buyers at former retirement hotspots such as seaside towns are getting younger because mainstream purchasers are obliged to look further afield to find affordable property.
by Rob | Nov 22, 2016 | News
A £1m property has been sold for the full asking price in just seven hours – the time it took from instruction to exchange.
by Rob | Nov 22, 2016 | News
Key Retirement, the leading over-55s finance specialist, is calling for more conveyancing firms to provide specialist equity release services to lenders in order to assist the growth of the market.
by Rob | Nov 22, 2016 | News
Tomorrow, the Autumn Statement will be delivered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond. The impact of the changes may have significant impact on the property market, and various legal professionals have expressed their views on what they expect from the...
by Rob | Nov 22, 2016 | News
The manner in which stamp duty was enforced meant that residential property conveyancers historically administered the charge. That has endured under stamp duty land tax (SDLT), stamp duty’s successor. But recent changes to the SDLT rules on residential property...
