by Rob | Jul 7, 2016 | News
The Law Society has added its voice to a chorus of concern over government plans to transfer Land Registry operations, saying the registry ‘is not a commercial operation which can be easily privatised’.
by Rob | Jul 7, 2016 | News
Estate agents from around the country are reporting only limited damage to business or prices caused by the Brexit result of the EU referendum two weeks ago.
by Rob | Jul 7, 2016 | News
“It’s time for estate agencies to wake up and smell the coffee on this or they’ll land themselves in trouble. ‘We don’t have to do it – the solicitor does it,’ they say. But that’s not okay. This is absolutely their responsibility too.”
by Rob | Jul 7, 2016 | News
A house moving comparison site says the number of requests for conveyancing quotes fell by 22% in the wake of the vote to leave the EU.
by Rob | Jul 5, 2016 | News
A Manchester estate agent led a secret double-life as an international drug trafficker taking part in a sophisticated scam to smuggle heroin and cocaine worth a whopping £1.6bn into the country on board a fleet of fake Dutch ambulances.
by Rob | Jul 5, 2016 | News
Delays will be inevitable in conveyancing after new forms were introduced yesterday.
by Rob | Jul 5, 2016 | News
Estate agents have been warned to expect higher professional indemnity insurance premiums in the wake of a Court of Appeal ruling that found in favour of a lender which claimed that a surveyor had over-valued a property.
by Rob | Jul 5, 2016 | News
The Court of Appeal has issued a landmark judgment in a professional negligence case that will have wide-ranging ramifications for lenders. The decision also sets a new precedent, in that it changes the legal principle of causation.
by Rob | Jul 5, 2016 | News
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has welcomed a report by the Legal Service Board as a sign that legal services are moving in the right direction, but that there is still more to do to improve competition and build trust in the sector.
by Rob | Jul 4, 2016 | News
The controversy over whether the Land Registry should be sold off will now not be resolved until a new Prime Minister appoints his or her new government.
by Rob | Jul 4, 2016 | News
More than 500,000 have opened Help-to-Buy ISAs according to the Treasury.
by Rob | Jul 4, 2016 | News
The Legal Services Act 2007 has improved quality and, to some extent, competition in legal services, but further legislative reform is necessary to complete the liberalisation of the market, the Legal Services Board said.
by Rob | Jul 1, 2016 | News
Controversial proposals for a sell-off of Land Registry operations could face defeat in parliament, a government minister conceded today.
by Rob | Jun 30, 2016 | News
The number of buyers pulling out of transactions rose 11% on the last weekend of June compared to the last weekend of May according to haart estate agents.
by Rob | Jun 29, 2016 | News
Transactions are expected to slow rather than house prices fall in the wake of the EU vote, says Hometrack.
by Rob | Jun 29, 2016 | News
Hometrack is the latest property organisation to forecast that the referendum result will impact turnover far more than house prices in near term.
by Rob | Jun 29, 2016 | News
Making law firms publish details of complaints and average prices on their websites will significantly improve the legal market for clients, the Legal Services Consumer Panel has argued.
by Rob | Jun 29, 2016 | News
Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) sets out the process for a member state to withdraw from the EU.
by Rob | Jun 29, 2016 | News
The Law Society today warned government that now is the ‘wrong time’ for a shakeup of legal services regulation.
by Rob | Jun 28, 2016 | News
Do we all want to improve the home-buying process? Yes, of course we do. Can the process be made more transparent and less stressful? Probably.
