by Rob | Jul 15, 2016 | News
The Home Affairs Committee has called for “much stronger” supervision of estate agents to tackle money laundering.
by Rob | Jul 15, 2016 | News
A new portal will give estate agents free and real-time access to the status of conveyancing chains.
by Rob | Jul 15, 2016 | News
Less than two years into the job, Janine Edwards of Watkins & Gunn has been named “Conveyancer of the Year” at the Modern Law Conveyancing Awards.
by Rob | Jul 15, 2016 | News
The Law Society’s ruling council yesterday agreed to spend £61m over four years on new IT systems for both its representative and regulatory arms – although it is forecasting that savings generated will bring the net cost down to £37m.
by Rob | Jul 14, 2016 | News
Simon Gerrard, past President of the NAEA and managing director of high-profile London estate agency Martyn Gerrard, has called on new Chancellor Phil Hammond to suspend the Stamp Duty surcharge for landlords who already have five or more properties and who wish to...
by Rob | Jul 14, 2016 | News
New buyer enquiries in the run-up to and immediate aftermath of the EU referendum fell to their lowest reading since mid-2008, while instructions had their steepest fall on record with 45% more surveyors reporting a drop, the RICS UK Residential market survey for June...
by Rob | Jul 14, 2016 | News
The Flood and Water Management Act of 2010 sought to enshrine Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) and national standards for drainage across both new and existing property.
by Rob | Jul 14, 2016 | News
The chief executive and chair of the Solicitors Regulation Authority have hit back over criticism of their plans for a comprehensive rewrite of the handbook.
by Rob | Jul 14, 2016 | News
Recruitment has begun for a new chair of the Legal Services Consumer Panel, to take over when current incumbent Elisabeth Davies steps down later this year.
by Rob | Jul 13, 2016 | News
House owners and buyers with mortgages in today’s market should budget to ensure they can “have enough headroom” for a rise in interest rates of as much as three percentage points.
by Rob | Jul 12, 2016 | News
An aspiring legal comparison website says it is encouraged by the competition watchdog’s controversial report on the sector – despite the report outlining how difficult these sites may find it to succeed.
by Rob | Jul 12, 2016 | News
The vast majority of home buyers want surveys on new properties according to a poll by YouGov.
by Rob | Jul 12, 2016 | News
The “chaotic” situation at a solicitor’s firm was no excuse for her failure to pay stamp duty to the HMRC, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has ruled.
by Rob | Jul 12, 2016 | News
The slow pace of change in the legal services market means “regulatory intervention” is needed to force firms to publish their average prices even though it is not a perfect solution, the voice of legal consumers has said.
by Rob | Jul 12, 2016 | News
The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s plans to simplify its hefty handbook could result in a two-tier profession, the Law Society has warned.
by Rob | Jul 11, 2016 | News
The SRA proposals for changes to their Handbook for solicitor and firm regulation, if accepted, will leave clients with less protection and could result in a two-tier solicitor profession, the Law Society of England and Wales said.
by Rob | Jul 11, 2016 | News
An interim report into the legal services market was by the Competition and Markets Authority, prompting the Law Society of England and Wales to welcome the conclusion that no formal market investigation is needed.
by Rob | Jul 11, 2016 | News
First-time buyers are 2.2m behind where they should be given demographic trends – despite significant government investment in home ownership.
by Rob | Jul 11, 2016 | News
There are high levels of consumer satisfaction with legal services, according to a survey commissioned by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
by Rob | Jul 7, 2016 | News
The government today unveiled plans for a second wave of reforms aimed at opening the legal services market to new businesses.
