by Rob | Mar 24, 2015 | News
Think about your firm’s exposure to risk.
by Rob | Mar 24, 2015 | News
Are agents right to focus on the possibility of letting agency fees being scrapped if Labour wins the election – or is there something more important they are ignoring?
by Rob | Mar 24, 2015 | News
The ConservativeParty is to announce the extension of the Right To Buy policy to cover housing association homes as well as direct council houses and flats – if the party wins an overall majority at the May 7 election.
by Rob | Mar 24, 2015 | News
More than 700 reports of bogus law firms were made to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) in 2014, an annual increase of over 25%, its latest risk update has revealed.
by Rob | Mar 24, 2015 | News
The Legal Ombudsman has announced it will double the length of time clients have to bring a complaint against legal services providers.
by Rob | Mar 21, 2015 | News
A key figure in banking has warned of ‘almost epidemic’ levels of fraud in the legal sector.
by Rob | Mar 20, 2015 | News
A group of estate agents, three of its members and newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror have been fined more than £775,000 between them after a ‘cartel’ ruling.
by Rob | Mar 20, 2015 | News
The Chief Executive of one of the UK’s largest housing providers has cautiously welcomed Budget announcements aimed at tackling the housing crisis.
by Rob | Mar 20, 2015 | News
The SRA is investigating two firms that should have closed last year because they did not have a valid insurance policy.
by Rob | Mar 19, 2015 | News
Here is an important warning for agents, conveyancers and their clients.
by Rob | Mar 19, 2015 | News
The Budget announcements by Chancellor George Osborne largely ignored the business of selling or buying homes – to the relief of many in the industry.
by Rob | Mar 19, 2015 | News
Firms only have until March 27th to register for the largest and most prestigious of Conveyancing Award ceremonies.
by Rob | Mar 19, 2015 | News
Following the Water Act 2014, the Government have announced their plans to introduce Flood Re, which is expected to roll out in July 2015.
by Rob | Mar 18, 2015 | News
A new survey has found widespread ignorance in the profession of how the practising certificate fee funds regulation.
by Rob | Mar 18, 2015 | News
The SRA wants to move away from an arbitrary 16 hour rule, which they feel has become a tick box exercise, with solicitors undertaking “any” CPD accredited training just to meet the CPD target.
by Rob | Mar 18, 2015 | News
The company that promised to turn the legal world upside down has had to retreat.
by Rob | Mar 17, 2015 | News
So-called ‘Friday afternoon’ scammers are hitting conveyancers as they work under pressure to complete sales.
by Rob | Mar 17, 2015 | News
The co-owner of a local estate agency has given his expert opinion to a Parliamentary Select Committee on the “devastating impact” the HS2 high speed train service could have on property values in his patch.
by Rob | Mar 17, 2015 | News
Recession survivors see volumes hit a ten-year high as seven firms complete over 6,000 transactions in 2014.
by Rob | Mar 17, 2015 | News
The way law firms handle telephone enquiries from prospective clients is so bad that “it’s as if every managing partner in the land met up at a secret location and agreed the worst way possible to deal with them”, a leading consultant has claimed.
